It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.

Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.

Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.

Where we find echoes, we generally find emptiness and hollowness; it is the contrary with the echoes of the heart.

Those who, from the desire of our perfection, have the keenest eye far our faults generally compensate for it by taking a higher view of our merits than we deserve.

Friends should be very delicate and careful in administering pity as medicine, when enemies use the same article as poison.

It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it.

We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances.

Freedom - that word that the human spirit feeds: that no one can explain, and anyone who does not understand.

We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?

No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it.

I'm just not built for fairytale surprises.

I would love to do a comedy spoof, like a Spinal Tap kind of thing.

Every Monday morning I try to remember to say "Thank you, Lord. I'm not at the Senior Staff Meeting."

The dimension of depth in the consciousness of religion creates the tension between what is and what ought to be. It bends the bow from which every arrow of moral action flies.

I am so small I can hardly be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small, but they see enormous things.

Singing is still the important thing to me. I love singing. I wouldn't be putting myself through all this if I didn't.

We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them