"I was embarrassed by it and racked by middle-class guilt. But when you're on stage, if you're trying to be something you're not, it becomes so much harder. It's better to be honest and take every vulnerability and flaw you have, and mock them and deal with them."

"Do remember that dishonesty and cowardice always have to be paid for.  Don't imagine that for years on end …"

"he Christian philosopher of to-day has larger capacities and fuller knowledge than the Israelite of the tim…"

"Here understand I in truth that all manner of things are made ready for us by the great goodness of God, so…"

"There is one term of the problem which you are not taking into account: precisely, the world. The real. You…"

"During the Calciopoli scandal: "A true gentleman never leaves his lady."

"The loss of...honest and industrious men's lives cannot be valued at any price."