The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.

You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you

Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

There are three kinds of liars: liars, damned liars, and statisticians

Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young, the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom, and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above, it was green with vegetation, and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.

Some of us cannot be optimists, but all of us can be bigamists