“For all sad words of tongue or pen. . .

The saddest are these:

‘It might have been. . .'”

—John Greenleaf Whittier

“We may have had a hand in shaping you. . .

But—

You are the making of you. . .”

—Aysling Smythe

“Beauty is altogether in the eye of the beholder. . .”

—Margaret Hungerford (“Molly Bawn”)

“Let us draw upon content for the deficiencies of fortune. . .”

—Oliver Goldsmith (“The Vicar of Wakefield”)

“There are two tragedies in life;

One is to lose your heart’s desire—

The other is to gain it. . .”

—George Bernard Shaw (“Man and Superman”)

“Meanwhile, time is flying. . .

Flying. . .

Never to return. . .”

—Virgil

“More than an end to war. . .

We want an end to the beginnings of all wars. . .”

—Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“To see a World in a grain of sand. . .

And a Heaven in a wild flower. . .

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand. . .

And Eternity in an hour. . .”

—William Blake

“When every one is somebodee. . .

Then no one’s anybody. . .”

—Sir William Schwenk Gilbert (“The Gondoliers”)

“Change has become a constant. . .

The way we embrace it will determine our future. . .

—Elizabeth II, Reigning Queen of England