Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Books make it possible for every person born into the world to begin where the previous generation left off.

A coward turns away but a brave man's choice is danger.

I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.

Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness.

Donald Trump doesn't release his tax returns and is indebted to foreign banks and foreign lenders.

Actors will say, 'My character wouldn't say that.' Who said it was your character?

And then there was him, the long and painful love of her life.

I just think that only God will judge a person's heart.

I've never made films for children. That's why children like my films. Nobody wants to be treated as a baby.

Life is like the stock market. Some days you're up. Some days you're down. And some days you feel like something the bull left behind.