Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

When it comes to scary business, I believe that forewarned is forearmed.

Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

Hollywood changed to become a more marketing-driven Hollywood, where people who are running the studios are more like marketing people, and they need titles.

I just finished Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad," which I think is a work of genius.

It's a very artistic process to translate and adapt a book into a series.

Let's protect our social security and Medicare.

I wish you'd keep my hands to yourself.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

I don't worry about nothing. I have a lot of concerns. My life is full of concerns, but I try not to worry.

Try and benefit others, animals, the whole of the earth, as much as you can. And in that space, challenge yourself to find what it is you can bring about through your life's work.