Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne (English Christian Author)
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
—Voltaire (French Philosopher)
To find fault, is easy; to do better may be difficult.
—Plutarch (Ancient Greek Historian)
A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.
—Thomas Carlyle (Scottish Writer)
We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least.
—Gail Sheehy (American Journalist)
If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.
—T. S. Eliot (American-born British Poet)
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness.
—William Ewart Gladstone (British Head of State)