But the world was also so constructed, owing to the nature of the Maker of it, that superior strength was found in the long run to lie with those who had the right on their side.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

You're paved in my heart like an old road. Like the pebbles in a pebble field, dirt in dirt, dust in dust, cobwebs in cobwebs.

Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people.

I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become.

Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable. I never set out to make 'Humpday' a comedy.

People think we really look good. I think that's the biggest misconception people have.

Contempt is not a thing to be despised.

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.

What we might consider is how we are good rather than how good we are.

There!" Apollo pointed. "Long Island, dead ahead. Let's slow down, dear. 'Dead' is only an expression.