And swans seem whiter if swart crowes be by.

For where's the State beneath the Firmament, That doth excell the Bees for Government?

Apoplexie and lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.

The world's a stage where God's omnipotence, His justice, knowledge, love, and providence Do act the parts.

In every hedge and ditch both day and night We fear our death, of every leafe affright.

I take the world to be but as a stage,Where net-maskt men do play their personage.

Much like the French (or like ourselves, their apes),Who with strange habit do disguise their shapes;Who loving novels, full of affectation,Receive the manners of each other nation.

What is well done is done soon enough.

There is no Theam more plentifull to scan, Then is the glorious goodly frame of Man.

Bright-flaming, heat-full fire,The source of motion.

The will for deed I doe accept.

It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil.

One clear moment, one of trance One missed step, one perfect dance One missed shot, one and only chance Life is all...but one fleeting glance.

There is no excuse for failure when you gave up

And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.

Endless possibilities is hidden inside the fog of life.

I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond.

Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch.

all religions seem alike to me, one mass of absurdities and lies - I know that there is a God, but I know no more of him; and I believe that all those are liars who pretend to know more than I do.

The sign of a person who has had an education is good manners.

A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance. It was a question of dignity.