Each day provides its own gifts.

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you

There is no living with thee, nor without thee.

Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.]

It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as eminently inspiring and even miraculous.

I want it to be more universal than that - like a painter doesn't have to explain his life story away to justify his painting.

Did I hate him, then? Indeed, I believe so. A love like that can grow to be nine-tenths hatred and still call itself love.

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

Few years ago, I said something about the Academy being very white male, which is the reality, and I was slashed to pieces by the media.

Give users what they actually want, not what they say they want.

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.

Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser.

My stepfather stepped in where no man would've stepped in - six kids, five of them boys - and that's heroic.