Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.

The day which we fear as our last is but the bday of eternity. - By SenecaThe first hundred years are the hardest.

The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork.