Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle hypocritical and greedy of gain.

You that would judge me do not judge alone this book or that come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon, Ireland's history in their lineaments trace, think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.

If you tell a joke in the forest but nobody laughs was it a joke?

The best portion of a good man's life is his little nameless unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel you would call them not friends but opponents.

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

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