Nature they say doth dote And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan Repeating us by rote.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

I know no such disease of the soul, but ignorance.

I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.

The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.

But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.

It's impossible for a dishonest person to grow rich in business.

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

According to my definition of God, I'm not an atheist. Because I think God is everything. Whenever I open my eyes I'm looking at God. Whenever I'm listening to something I'm listening to God.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

Talking to celebrities is too much effort. They all think the same.