During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.
Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.
I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.
Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.
Heav'n is not always got by running.
Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.
Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.
The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?
I think that children that are acting are always pretty savvy anyway because you're conducting yourself around adults a lot of the time, aren't you? But there is this worry now that children just want to be famous.
Racing is not what I like to do; it's winning.
A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.