From the wreck of the past, which hath perishWritten to his half sister following his exile on grounds of incest with her.

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

Thomas Kempis

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

Plato

I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.

Shawn Johnson

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.

Bill Gaede

Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it.

Thom Yorke

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time.

John Steinbeck

For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.

Hesiod

Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong: beauty enchanting but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, peolpe of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of a night; we wake up to it again for ever and ever; we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it.

Henry James

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy

Seneca

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

George Eliot

The coolest part about seeing a girl wear something comfortable is the smile that you can just feel coming through from inside her.

Kellan Lutz

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

William Hazlitt