In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Usually my form of turning someone down was shoving a stake through his heart while smirking, Gotcha!

The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

We all understand that America feels so angry, they want to get somebody, but you can't just have lots of planes and guns and ships and make everybody do your bidding.

We love comfort, and people make a lot of money selling us comfort, but I would challenge the notion that comfort is usually good for us.

In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

For me, it was the challenge of doing a movie that is in one location. Usually, there are a few scripts obviously always going around with stories that happen in one location.

As an actress, you get to basically be your character.

You have to take a plan that might work and make it work