Athos was delighted to find he was going to fight an Englishman. We might say that was his dream.

All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well contented to be regarded as martyrs.

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.

I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.

Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.

There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.

Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.

New Yorkers are so impersonal if it wasn't for muggings there wouldn't be any contact at all!

The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.

You don't mow another man's lawn!

I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.

I'm raising a child, and it's public. The media creates these dramas, and that's not what's happening in my life.

Your face tells a story and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office.

I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

I will never forget the will of the people who believed in me wherever I went during the election campaign.

People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.

The bad thing about being with an actor is that the role he's in stays with him all the time. The good thing about being with an actor - well, I can't think of any good thing.