Men's actions to futurity appear but as the events to which they are conjoined do give them consequence.

Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

If my heart were not light, I would die.

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!

The bliss even of a moment still is bliss.

My day is closed! the gloom of night is come! a hopeless darkness settles over my fate.

But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is.

A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger.

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!

No one can trust you until you can trust yourself.

[A writer] cannot serve today those who make history

I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine.

Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.

You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime.

Being on set with my daughter watching her in front of the camera was a fantastic experience. I am so proud of her.

Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.

I have found that if you invest in the lives of people, well-feed sheep will reproduce themselves.

To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.

Never give up...never ever give up.