"'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit."

"Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions."

"May you live all the days of your life."

"Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder."

"It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself."

"A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else."