"More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral."

"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."

"Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character."

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

"Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement."

"The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature."

"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."

"The trouble with a mask is it never changes"

"Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are."

"It is when you are angry that you must watch how you talk."

"I try and stay positive; being negative isn't good for my personality. I don't just bring myself down, I bring everyone around me down. It's like a dark cloud, 'Uh oh, here we go,' and have to snap out of it."

"I love to eat an apple after a meal, just to cleanse my teeth - they always look polished afterwards."

"You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration."

"I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day."

"I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved."

"There was none of the quiet insolence about this man."

"If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich."

"Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same."

"Silence is become his mother tongue."

"Civilization is the making of civil persons."

"The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle."

"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."

"A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it."

"Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."