For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

Necessity inspires the fatal thought.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

First thoughts are not always the best.

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.

If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.

In this way Fate outplayed the efforts of mortals-simply to amuse itself, one might think.

A drop of rain can revive the earth, be the drop

I found Him in the shining of the stars.

You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair... People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is.

I don't just commit sin. Apart from God, I am sinful. My problem is not just what I do; it's who I am without His nature.

You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as much as possible - the Zen thing - to let the deal come out of that nothing.

I have to act to live.

I'd always done martial arts I was always interested in fighting.

I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy.

The Christian is bred by the Word, and he must be fed by it.