If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is their father.

The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

The pleasure of criticism takes away from us the pleasure of being deeply moved by very fine things.

Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it.

And I held her, this girl who had saved me and continued to save me every day.

It doesn't matter if thousands of people believe in you, unless You believe in You.

It must be hard to be a model, because you'd want to be like the photograph of you, and you can't ever look that way.

My weight is not enough and strength is not enough either, so I have to take the fight by mastery.

Law is a very addictive profession.

Everything is good . . . as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death's horses they run in span.

Women rule our lives, don't they?

I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.

Before 'Mad Men,' I definitely had very dry spells and I know what those feel like, and I don't think that ever leaves you as an actor.