Philosophy may raise us above grandeur, but nothing can elevate us above the ennui which accompanies it.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

three-fourths of all marriages are unhappy.

It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.

Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.

Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

Sin is not so sinful as hypocrisy.

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?

Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.

Hope says to us constantly, "Go on, go on..."

Teach a child not to seek help but to seek the opportunity to help others.

When every piece falls into place, it's like a dance, a delicate but powerful balancing act. The art of holding on and letting go at the same time.

You've got seconds to grab your audience's attention and only minutes to keep it.

The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.

A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it's almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies.

Impossible is relative.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

In spiritual things, this world is all wintertime so long as the Saviour is away.

The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.

Listening to it was like having a mud-slimed piece of silk drawn lightly back and forth across her face.