... the business of life shuts us up within the environs of London and within sight of human advancement, which I should be so very glad to believe in without seeing.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

One day, my lady." said Mr. Keeper, stepping aside and allowing her to join them, "I should hope I would be fortunate enough to see such a graceful, unearthly curtsy from you again.

Be aware of negativity but do not let it take root in the sinews of your creative spirit.

It implies a slight failure as a writer that you are reduced to being a ghostwriter for the money.

I love when brides tell me they want to do something special and unique, but I'm not a fan of doing anything too crazy.

The solidarity - now, you can't challenge [Donald Trump] until he gets there [White House], but let me tell you, we are united. We are going to do our job.

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.

Giving every child a chance to reach their full potential is the best work anyone can do

I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.

I think a lot of comedic actors, on their close-up they can deliver. But when it comes to reacting to other people being funny, that's work in itself.

If baseball wants to get you, they've got enough resources and enough investigators that they'll find a way to get you.