The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

No one determines your truth but you.You can’t paint your own self-portrait with someone else’s hand.

Words don’t have the power to hurt you, unless that person meant more to you than you are willing to confess.

I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor.

[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."

You are an artist. What work of art will you leave behind?

They wouldn't call it falling in love if you didn't get hurt sometimes, but you just pick yourself up and move on.

How comfortable some of us become as we nestle in the web of procrastination. It is a false haven of rest for those who are content to live without purpose, commitment, or self-discipline.

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.

So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.

If one had taken what is necessary to cover one's needs and had left the rest to those who are in need, no one would be rich, no one would be poor, no one would be in need.