"What's done cannot be undone."

"Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open."

"Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd The wild waves whist."

"Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie."

"His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN!"

"We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey, and let it keep one shape, till custom make it their perch and not their terror."

"You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself."

"Henry James chews more than he bites off."

"Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it."

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts..."

"Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies."

"The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves."