Gratitude is the memory of the heart. [Fr., La reconnaissance est la memoire du coeur.]

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect

There are few finer excesses in the world than an excess of gratitude.

There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.

All that I know of tomorrow is that Providence will rise before the sun.

In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.