Dreams are the psyche's way of taking a good dump every now and then. And that people who dream - or don't dream in a way they can often remember when they wake up - are mentally constipated in some way.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

George Eliot

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.

Blaise Pascal

We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; yet the grass is green when the flower fades away.

R. Southwell

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

W. C. Fields

A fence should be horse high, hog tight and bull strong.

Source Unknown

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.

Hannah Arendt

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

Jorge Luis Borges

I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history.

Jared Diamond

I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.

Karl Lagerfeld

I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.

Wesley Snipes

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

Cynthia Hand