Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist -- it reduces him to his fighting weight.

The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery. Happiness is never better exhibited than by young animals, such as puppies, kittens, lambs, &c., when playing together, like our own children. Even insects play together, as has been described by that excellent observer, P. Huber, who saw ants chasing and pretending to bite each other, like so many puppies.

Charles Darwin, Descent of Man,

If you live according to the dictates of nature, you will never be poor; if according to the notions of man, you will never be rich.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate.

Gina Barreca

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.

Emily Miller

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Dalai Lama

I'm just happy to be a film where for once I don't have to worry about my hair, because my managers are always complaining about my hair looking depressing in my movies. Which is true. I mean, it's true.

Emily Mortimer

Melihat orang yang kamu sayangi terluka jauh lebih menyakitkan daripada merasakan luka itu sendiri.

Irin Sintriana

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Lao Tzu

A library is thought in cold storage.

Herbert Samuel

The lie is a condition of life.

Friedrich Nietzsche

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus

Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas Edison