Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

Sometimes both your mind and thoughts are paying the cost of your stupid heart.

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.

We pardon as long as we love.

I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are, as well as how I grew up - that nurture side.

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

I'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.

Find something you're passionate about and just love. Passion is really gender neutralizing.

And we forget because we must and not because we will.

There's so much writing I could have done and so many ideas that I had and so many things I wanted to work on that I didn't. I like too much having things in my head rather than doing the work.

He [Elton John] is pushing his face in all the time and telling us about his private life. Nobody's interested. He should just go away.