This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved. […]

I can’t think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn’t help, just a little bit. – The Visioning, Susan Glaspell

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. – Oscar Wilde

There is much you cannot know. You cannot know of what you do to me. In gestures so minute none other would notice them. Alas, I do. I always do. Never could I be oblivious to any of them.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t the fine line between sanity and madness gotten finer? – George Price Irgendwann…

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. – Daniel H. Burnham Vor Jahren…

One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing. – The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. – Plutarch

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Meditations Divine and Moral, Anne Bradstreet