Charity is from person to person; and it loses half, far more than half, its moral value when the giver is not brought into personal relation with those to whom he gives.

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.

To work properly as A.I.... - I should have doubt... and contradictory in my code....

I had no voice to talk with because she was my whole language. Without her to talk to, there was nothing to say.

What happens outside you, and what happens inside you - happens in two entirely different worlds. You can take charge of only one of these worlds.

My best ideas come in the shower, where I’m showered with water, but also ideas.

Everyone must row with the oars he has.

And our dreams are who we are.

People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.

When one has tasted watermelons, one knows what angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.

My old man taught me two things: 'Mind own business' and 'Always cut cards.'

Happy people are poor psychologists.