No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.

No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

Speech is the mirror of action.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

I grow old learning something new every day.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Learn to obey before you command.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

In all things that you do consider the end.

Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

An unlucky rich man is more capable of satisfying his desires and of riding out disaster when it strikes, but a lucky man is better off than him...He is the one who deserves to be described as happy. But until he is dead, you had better refrain from calling him happy, and just call him fortunate.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

Adversity is the Universe's way of directing us down a different path.

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.

When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

One of my most exciting Saturday nights was just me and a bottle of wine and a crochet book.

People have the idea that an image must stand for something else, that the real meaning needs to be described with language. Instead it is the image itself that is the meaning.

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.

I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much.

Making lasting gifts for animals in our estate plans is perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure animals have the strongest possible voice for their protection.

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

A popular bumper sticker post-9/11, and pretty faded these days, proclaims drivers of the cars to be 'Proud to be an American.' It really should say 'Lucky to be an American,' for I doubt very much that the drivers had much say in having been born here, and are not old enough to have participated in the drafting of the Constitution.

The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.

The process was remarkably cathartic. I'd sit and listen to my father's voice - having not heard some of these tapes for 30 years and hearing his voice laying me down for a nap, our giggles and cooking dinner - and I remembered all those wonderful days. Normal days.

My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong.

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

I don't think I have the right to give someone advice when I don't know them.

I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.