We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

All grand thoughts come from the heart.

It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.

He knew that justice was rarely dispensed within the four walls of the courtroom.

Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow.

Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.

Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.

You will learn more from your friends than you ever will from books. Choose your friends wisely

You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.

It has always seemed to me that the most difficult part of building a bridge would be the start.

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.

Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier.