Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

the Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year, and to portion out its course into twelve parts both the space of time and the seasons which they delimit. It was observation of the course of the stars which led them to adopt this divisionIt is also the Egyptians who first bought into use the names of the twelve gods, which the Greeks adopted from them

The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.