Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

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.

But it is not always the people who say most who do most.

I thank God for supply me with my deepest needs

Pain was the only sign to her that she was alive and could feel emotion.

Even a baby can write a poem. It doesn't guarantee the sale.

Once Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president of the United States, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution makes it clear that he cannot accept those favors.

I try to work and enjoy life, and that's about all.

I'd like to just work - steadily work - and do parts that I enjoy doing.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

True prayer is a lonely business.