There's a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost, that the ship has sailed, and that only a fool would continue. The truth is, I've always been a fool.

It seems to me a long way to go just to sit in a non-drinking, non-smoking environment on the offchance your name is called. ... It's as if you are entered int…

I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth.

My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry. The first time that he came to London when I was in the theatre and my name was in lights for the very first tim…

To be resign'd when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of t…

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.