As for environments, the kingliest being ever born in the flesh lay in a manger.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

It’s madness to see life as it is and not how it should be.

I knew that the tears of adults were wetter, saltier, and much, much sadder than those of a child

You can't look stupid if you're having fun.

To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself.

My career did start in the Spanish language industry, and that's probably because my father is my manager. He pushed my career in the direction he knew best.

There's a history of English literature where the best boils to the top, and Jane Austen stands right at the top of that.

Toys "R" Us. Zack put on a wool cap and sunglasses. "You look like a bank robber," I observed. "No toy is safe.

Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.

Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it

I was never nervous. That's not me, ... Nervousness, scariness, that's not even in our vocabulary.