Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It's only after that they share their doubts.

It's the gloomy things that need our help, if everything in the garden is sunny, why meddle?

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.

If you're in the movie or in television, your failures are very public, and so are your successes. You weigh them up against each other, really.