My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

According as the man is, so must you humour him.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

Too much virtue can be criminal.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.

Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.

A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all?

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance.

On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

Love is not a fire to be shut up in a soul. Everything betrays us: voice, silence, eyes; half-covered fires burn all the brighter.

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.

Thank the Gods! My misery exceeds all my hopes!

I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination.

In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.

How good is God! How sweet his yoke!

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.

Justice in the extreme is often unjust.

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.

Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

Extreme justice is often injustice.

To repair the irreparable ravages of time.

Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them.

Wrinkles on the brow are the imprints of exploits.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

I mean the only thing that is hopefully good about us is after the arguments we can actually still face each other the next day or the day after and talk about something else and sort of get over it.

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life.

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.

Working mothers do an hour more per day than working fathers do and working mothers do on average an hour more per day with the kids than working fathers do.

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.

George Pal had total control, and he was there on the set every day. You never met a more charming man in your entire lifetime - what a lovely gentleman.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.

Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.