And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.

He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

'Tis folly to be wise.

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.

My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

I love Hanukkah because it's so weird. You just sit there and light candles and say spells.

'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.

There are a whole lot of little tales told in 'Presumed Innocent,' whether it's about the Hobberly kid, who was an important witness who ends up assassinated, or an accountant named Marcy Lupino, who meets a horrible fate in a state penitentiary. There's less of that in 'Innocent,' and deliberately so.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.

Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.

When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.

Spiritual awakening - is becoming awake to the aliveness of this moment.

The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

The revealed Word awakened me, but it was the preached Word that saved me, and I must ever attach peculiar value to the hearing of the truth, for by it I received the joy and peace in which my soul delights.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

Troublemakers will infect you with the malady of their madness.

When playing music, it is possible to achieve a unique sense of peace.

I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.

Almost always, when we have fights in movies, they're done in these strange rooms where nothing gets broken. It's almost like they're in padded cells.

The courage to say no, the courage to say yes. Decisions do determine Destiny.

Dream and you shall become.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Whatever comedian says he doesn't read comments, I never believe him, because we all have the same pathological problem to see what people think of us, and it sucks, because you try not to take it personally, and people are monsters and idiots.

Geography is about maps but biography is about chaps.

I'm obsessed with politics, and I talk about it any chance I can get. I have strong opinions about how the world should be run.

Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blankly.

I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.