“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
“Stupidity is a talent for misconception.”
“I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.”
“The sound must seem an echo to the sense.”
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
“To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.”
“Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night; God said, ‘‘Let Newton be!’’ and all was light.”
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
“Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?”
“Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as, to be hated, needs but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace.”
“All nature is but art, unknown to thee.”
“Order is heav'n's first law.”
“On the stage, you have to find truth—then you can make people feel.”
“No parent is there forever. The responsibility is to teach your children values that will outlive you.”
“I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.”
“In Europe, an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn’t working, he’s a bum.”
“The shortest answer is doing.”
“The mind's eye sees farther than the fleshly eye.”
“The poorest pay is praise.”
“He that hath promised ought to make his promise good.”