The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

Those who die never truly leave us. They are forever there beyond the shimmering of light at the edge of sight.

I don't expect the press to say thank you for the efforts that I make.

Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto.

Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.

I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.

Honestly, I can't understand English poetry. Because I am not an English speaker, when I read it I never know how to read it in the right rhythm.

Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.

What I meant was, you looked happier in the pictures.

I watch 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Walking Dead' and think, 'I want to create that kind of television!

I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio.