The secret of happiness is curiosity
You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.
No great man is ever born too soon or too late.