There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

Samuel Johnson

Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth.

Philip Pullman

Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide.

Erma Bombeck

All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

Simon Baker

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

Patricia Highsmith

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Abraham Lincoln

Everyone goes through Hell; the point is not to walk out empty handed.

Rabbi Steve Leder

Laughter is an instant vacation.

Milton Berle

The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems to be the truth.

John Verdon

Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.

The Talmud

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves they therefore remain bound.

James Allen