The mysteries of Nature and of humanity are not lessened, but increased, by the discoveries of philosophic skill.

Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is.

In ourselvesIn our own honest hearts and chainless handsWill be our safeguard

It is a little thing to speak a phrase of common comfort, which by daily use has almost lost its sense; yet on the ear of him who thought to die unmourned it will fall like choicest music.

Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station.

To him who has thought, or done, or suffered much, the level days of his childhood seem at an immeasureable distance, far off as the age of chivalry, or as the line of Sesostris.

The only rich women who ever interested me, the ones who were ever my friends, were adventuresses---people who were total self-creations.

You are free. Your mind belongs to you. Your thoughts are yours. Honor the sacred territory of your freedom and individuality.

The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most precious that he possess, even if he does not realize it, is family life.

I text a lot people, because it's how I stay connected with all my family and friends when I'm on set and traveling.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

When I was younger, I did dark movies. It was a reflection of what I saw around me.

It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class.

What the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices.

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.

I like to read in the dark. I like to go into the bathtub, turn out all the lights, and in the dark, read my books.