No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

Get thee behind me, tragedy.

I've never heard of a comedy that hasn't had reshoots, especially for the ending of a movie in a comedy.

Death is a stage in human progress, to be passed as we would pass from childhood to youth, or from youth to manhood, and with the same consciousness of an everlasting nature.

Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

The painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief.

I'm pretty simple, I don't use a hairbrush or a certain kind of hair product.

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someone else on the mirror.

You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.