“Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.”

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

Never,” said my aunt, “be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

Least said, soonest mended.

Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

How well you treat the wicked people, they don’t give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.

I am sweet and diplomatic in real life.

When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.

Let me make something clear: I can’t do anything in particular to make others laugh. I do what is necessary for a character. The body language of the character may make others laugh.

I can get caught in many things but there is one thing I will never get caught in, and that is acting – because I don’t act. On screen I am like I am in real life.

The end of education is character.

You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.

A lot of people don’t know that I love to love. To have a different kind of mask on me where people feel like I’m not a loving individual. I just love to love, I love everything and everybody, I’m about peace that’s my spirit.