He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.

Hope is a tree of Life.

You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.

A kiss is like singing into someone's mouth.

Life's too short to spend with important people.

Probably because I'm bald. Don't the bald people always play doctors and principals? Yeah, isn't that funny? And lawyers. A lot of lawyers and judges.

To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.

I love people and want to be good to people. If I'm in restaurant and somebody doesn't treat a waitress right, I literally will leave. I will unfriend you. You are not my friend anymore.

Hit them. Fight them. They are cursed; they are evil.

Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.

When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues