The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

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.

Usually in the first performances I'm completely panicked. And I pull myself together. By the time you get to the end of the play, you really start to have fun.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives.

Having the person that you love by your side and starting a family with them is the best thing that can happen to you in this life. You can't ask for more.

You do not cut a check in the state of Kansas to John Doe, executioner. The executioner is paid in cash so there's no trail to him

What you know not now you will know hereafter.

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

The jealous man's disease is of so malignant a nature, that it converts all it takes into its own nourishment.

The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.

Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.