'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Ingratitude is treason to mankind.

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand.

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will.

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.

I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health.

The best of men have ever loved repose They hate to mingle in the filthy fray Where the soul sours and gradual rancour grows Imbitterd more from peevish day to day.

Base envy withers at anothers joy And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Among the changing months, May stands confest The sweetest, and in fairest colors dressed.

Delightful task! To rear the tender thought. To teach the young idea how to shoot.

Vulgar minds refuse to crouch beneath their load; the brave bear theirs without repining.

I get up, get coffee, and go into my home office. I check email and Twitter before I start work, but I have to try not to get too distracted.

The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it.

It is not the quantity of the meat but the cheerfulness of the guests which makes the feast.

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.

The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.

You can love someone but not want to keep a gift from that person. It's okay to pass an item along to someone who will appreciate it more.

Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude.

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.

Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and I'm changing ways of looking at the world. I'm not just flicking a switch; it's harder process than that.

I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli.

Spaghetti is love.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

The Guru cannot awaken you all that he can do is to point out what is.

They seemed to suddenly come upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in a winter wood.

Being a little bit of a movie buff, the fact that I'm working in the middle of movie history is incredible.

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

I think abortion is a settled issue in New York.

I used to be so embarrassed by salsa; I wasn't into it.

I give dating advice on a regular basis. It's not that I'm any expert, but it's always nice to share that with your friends.

Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

I personally like to do independent films.

A good poem brims with reflected beauty and even a bracing, beautiful ugliness. At the center of our lives, in the midst of the busyness and the forgetting, is a story that makes sense when everything extraneous has been taken away.

It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.