A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.

I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear my liver on my pant leg.

Steven Wright

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Horace

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

John Selden

The perfect no-stress environment is the grave. When we change our perception we gain control. The stress becomes a challenge, not a threat. When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable.

Greg Anderson

Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now.

Jane Austen

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament.

Auberon Herbert

Let thy discontents be thy secrets.

Benjamin Franklin

I've choreographed all of my movies.

Jackie Chan

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you she is after your barn.

Hesiod

Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather that she was happy, than herself to be so

Jane Austen

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Honore de Balzac