As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Sweet is the memory of past troubles.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.

I often have the feeling that Ozil does not feel comfortable in the Germany jersey, that he is not free, almost as if he does not want to play at all. There is no heart, no joy, no passion.

I think many people can relate to that excruciating pain of love gone wrong. I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.