Youth is a blunder Manhood a struggle Old Age a regret.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.

If you tell somebody something, you've forever robbed them of the opportunity to discover it for themselves.

Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow ye diet.

I don't worry anymore about where's the big hangout Tuesday night, Friday. Couldn't tell you and no one comes to me for advice anymore in those areas anymore, so real boring I would say.

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

Don't confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything's gonna be all right.

It's always about focusing not on the mistakes but on the lessons learned from them.

Valentine's Day is like Armistice Day - you declare a truce.

I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.