"The splendid discontent of God  With Chaos, made the world; … And from the discontent of man  The world's best progress springs."

"For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros."

"So many gods, so many creeds,  So many paths that wind and wind,  While just the art of being kind Is all the sad world needs."

"With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!"

"Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church."

"I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut."

"I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them."

"It's probably a bit of a power trip when you befriend somebody enough that they trust you to tell you things."