If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

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.

They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed; otherwise it is rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking.

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

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.