He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

Life is unbearable pain.

Demons exist, ' he says simply, as if talking about the weather. 'They are real and they are dangerous. We hunt them when necessary and return them when we can.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh.

Perception is a wave. You change as your perception of something changes because you define yourself as a reflection of whatever you happen to perceive.

When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.

My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.

I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the character authentic.

I'm a big people-watcher. I love it. But I feel bad about it, because I always get caught!

An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.