It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. -Voltaire

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. -Voltaire

Age does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. ~Garrison Keillor

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. ~ Robert Frost

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." — C.S. Lewis

The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Last Tournament," Idylls of the King

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character! -Theodore Roosevelt

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof. ~Martin H. Fischer

When you live in reaction, you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power to. ~N. Smith

Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb

One should always play fair when one has the winning cards. ~Oscar Wilde

“Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman

The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show. ~Author Unknown

"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~ Mark Twain

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. ~Baltasar Gracian

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails - Dolly Parton

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.Mark Twain

The definition of success--To laugh much; to win respect of intelligent persons and the affections of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition.; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived--this is to have succeeded." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.”~Chuck Palahniuk