But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

That woman, " Grimm said quietly, "drives me quite insane."Kettle grunted. "Why'd you marry her, then?

Look for Joy: that's God's echo, and his footprint. Happiness . . . happiness and wittiness and cleverness do not count for much when the darkness falls. Joy is tougher.

It's much easier to hate a memory. I would know.

The knowledge you acquire in an area of study is accompanied by an incalculable ignorance. The farther we get into anything, we learn that we have even farther to go.

Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.

I have my dream job! As a young person training as an actor, walking on the WB studio lot is a dream in itself.

Zero, zero belief in myself. And it's changed somewhat, but there's still a lot of that in me.

I wouldn't give a performer something I couldn't deliver myself.

I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.