Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. Aldous Huxley, “Texts and Pretexts”, 1932

When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. John B. Bogart

At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. Albert Einstein, In a letter to Max Born, 1926

It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, Act 2 scene 2

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it. Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy

When you are at Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. Saint Ambrose, Taylor

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Plato, Dialogues, Apology

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise (1938)

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat. William Shakespeare, “Much Ado about Nothing”, Act 1 scene 1