“Happy the Man, and happy he alone. . .

He who can call to-day his own—

He who, secure within, can say. . .

To-morrow do thy worst—

For I have liv’d to-day. . .”

—John Dryden (“Translation of Horace”)

“Men’s natures are alike—

It is their habits that carry them far apart. . .”

—Confucius

“No man can justly censure—

Or condemn another. . .

Because indeed—

No man truly knows another. . .”

—Sir Thomas Browne

“Life is not measured 

by the number of breaths you take—

But by the number of times 

that take your breath away. . .”

—Patricia Schultz

“Now, here, you see. . .

it takes all the running you can do

 to keep in the same place—

If you want to get somewhere else—

you must run at least twice as fast as that. . .”

—Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

“I am not over-fond of resisting temptation. . .”

—William Beckford

“Life is a jest. . .

and all things show it—

I thought so once—

But now I know it. . .”

—John Gay (“My Own Epitaph”)

“If you want success—

Figure out the price—

Then pay it. . .”

—Scott Adams

“Passion is the quickest to develop. . .

and the quickest to fade.

Intimacy develops more slowly;

and commitment more gradually still. . .”

—Robert Sternberg