Most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things

Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.

Nicolaus Copernicus

It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Children needed love, a reliable source of comfort, and an adult willing to take responsibility for them.

Deborah Harkness

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

William Hazlitt

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

Jean Rostand

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Warren Buffett

An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn't teach them how to make a life.

Source Unknown

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Maria Mitchell

Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.

Sir William Temple

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.

Selena Gomez

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

Orison Swett Marden