You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.

I never invite idiots to my house.

it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.

Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you.

The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die.

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of.

Few people know anything of the English history but what they learn from Shakespear; for our story is rather a tissue of personal adventures and catastrophes than a series of political events.

Darling, if I take your breath away, I will give you mine.

If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people.

Those who never love, do not understand what love is.

In the Valley of healing dreams

Sweet are the uses of adversity Which like the toad ugly and venomous Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

If Planned Parenthood wants to be involved in providing counseling services and HIV testing, they ought not be in the business of providing abortions.

Nothing is indeed "true."

I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes.

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

It's a rare thing when you can read a script in one sitting and you haven't looked at the watch or you've gone to make a cup of tea.