War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

Duty over fear.

People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.

We have developed a culture in which we eat with our taste buds, not our brains.

If life is to be sustained, hope must remain.

The hell what you USED to do! It's what you're doing NOW and what you're GOING to do.

I think the world is safer without Iran with a nuclear weapon. The world has got the potential to be safer if we fully implement the Paris agreement.

The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.

Getting movies made is not as difficult as people think. Making movies is easy. You get a script, you get a director, you raise the money, you make the movie.