There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

But sometimes to keep Evil from getting in, you have to let Good out.

Laughter is easiest said in a story

If you don't have anything nice to say just shut up!

Honor is overrated.

I think any time you're in a new relationship, there's so much to look forward to.

My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs about children.

I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.

No longer can we measure compassion by how much we spend on poverty but how many people we help to lift out of poverty.

What you give, you become.

I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.