He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think Your hell is worse than mine.

Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

I don't do event dressing, because every day is an event.

And so Fannie Mae produces very strong results for investors in - when interest rates are high and when interest rates are low, in recession and during booms.

Boys are so much drama.

Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die.

Wealth acts merely as a kind of mirror to show you human nature at its worst.

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.

Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I think that's always going to be something I like.