Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.[only if the past was better...if it was worse then you feel good that life is getting better]

Strong words are required for weak principles.

Love is a given, hatred is acquired.

The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.

There is no bad in good.

If food were free, why work?

Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.