That's how a thing starts out real then ends up just an idea.
We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr. , On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que a maniere de flatter. ]
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.
If we took as much pains to be what we ought, as we do to deceive others by disguising what we are; we might appear as we are, without being at the trouble of any disguise.
To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.
Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think belongsto us, whereas envy is a frenzy that cannot bear anything that belongs to others.
A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.
Prayer is a shield to the soul
A good book for an illiterate is a golden ring for a fingerless hand!
The Gospel is like a caged lion; you don't have to defend it - just let it out of the cage.