Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

Hope is something that can never be taken from you unless you allow someone to take it. If you never lose hope, you will never truly be poor.

Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor.

Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.

We finally are where we need to be. We have a strategy and a commitment to go after ISIS.

I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it.

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.

Ecstatic Love is an ocean, and the Milky Way is a flake of foam floating on it.