All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts.

If I’m my biggest fan, the only person in the stadium is probably me.

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

I love fashion and beauty and all those things, I still do but I think that it has changed the shift, that the greed is ruling the planet right now.

Reading scripts is actually quite a relaxing part of the job. Strangely relaxing. This is a whole different ball game.

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.

The beloved may be treacherous, greasy-headed and given to evil habits, or else it can be a man in his late forties who works too much, or it can be an alarm clock.

So many things have happened to me in my life that I could be phobic about.

You're always running into people's unconscious.

Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.

In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.