Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would remain unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiocy, or be struck by paralysis

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.

For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly.

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

We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.

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