Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father.
Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.
Publish in haste and repent at leisure.
Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.
The poor live slow and hard; the rich, fast and easy. The rest of us shuffle along as we may.
Ladies and gentlemen are supposed to be looked after by others, like children and pets.