Adversity cause some men to break others to break records. William A. Ward

Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”, Act 2 scene 2

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. Mother Teresa

The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. William Shakespeare, “King Henry VI Part II”, Act 4 scene 1

Fear can keep us up all night long, but faith makes one fine pillow. Philip Gulley

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. Stanley Kubrick, in Guardian, June 5, 1963

Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert. Virgil, Aeneid

Nature made him, and then broke the mold. Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso

Necessity, who is the mother of invention. Plato, The Republic