Be thou as chaste as ice as pure as snow thou shalt not escape calumny.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.

You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.

How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.

A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.

When I first thought of being a writer I had visions of stacks of books in stores with my name on them, that sort of thing. But I never imagined this would be the reaction.

I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.

If you want to do something for your children and show how much you love them, the single best thing-by far-is to support organizations that will create a better world for them and their children.

I'm so passionate about making good music.

Ideally, I'd prefer never having to be in a test-screening environment. Some famous director said "The group is smart, the individuals are stupid," about the experience of a test screening.