The dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing.

Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme.

Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together.

In Ireland, there are the same fossils, the same shells and the same sea bodies, as appear in America, and some of them are found in no other part of Europe.

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

The discoveries that one can make with the microscope amount to very little, for one sees with the mind's eye and without the microscope the real existence of all these little beings.

There is nothing good in love but the physical part.

Time is the great workman of Nature.

Style is the essence of man

The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.

Death always knew how to connect vice with misfortune.

Settling is not a destination, rather a vacation rental staring at an endless sea that dares you to cross its waves.

... vampires are like gourmet chocolate - oh, so tempting, but overindulgence is a killer.

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.

Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove chewing gum and duct tape and fix whatever was kept together for real.

I know I did the right thing, but no one would ever understand.

I find you get out of people what you put into them.

EXPLORING the world is one of the best ways of exploring the mind, and walking travels both terrains.

We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.