The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.

He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.

We gain so much by quickness, and lose so much by slowness.

Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth.

Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.

That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.