Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.

We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.

Regrets over the past should chasten the future.

An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

Newspapers are the world's mirrors.

There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.

It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.

One relationship didn't work out, but that doesn't mean relationships never work out. One single experience isn't representative of all of them.

Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness.

A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.

My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.

I'm done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now.

I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage.

Tell the trial lawyers to get out of your state and to quit costing businessmen and women.

Hang 'em first, try 'em later.

The reason I'm not a neurobiologist but a cognitive psychologist is that I think looking at brain tissue is often the wrong level of analysis. You have to look at a higher level of organization.