Honesty is the best policy.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Don't keep your Muse locked up in the closet. Set them free to dance across the page and what they create will be a masterpiece.

The fall of moral civilization has always been brought about by those who were "just doing their jobs".

Make sure you work at a place which gives you opportunities to learn, travel, explore, interact with intellectuals and new work skills.

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

The people at home will work hard and actually all of them think it was important that we hade the decision that we did make not to compromise; because we didn't have anything to compromise for.

To keep beauty in its place is to make all things beautiful.

There's a feeling about it. You feel almost like a cabinetmaker, laying planks. There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling.

One of the fundamental choices you face in every encounter is the choice to approach or avoid.

To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.