Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
I gathered we were headed over Nob Hill, and from the angle, it seemed we were taking one of the steeper routes.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.