The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. ~Henry Van Dyke
Another way to solve the traffic problems of this country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars be allowed to use the highways. ~Will Rogers
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. ~Willa Cather
There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and forty-eight. ~Ezra Pound
The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Optimism is the foundation of courage. ~Nicholas Murray Butler
Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ~Benjamin Franklin
We are all manufacturers - some make good, others make trouble, and still others make excuses. ~Author Unknown
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All generalizations are bad. ~R.H. Grenier
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I wonder if Eve could write letters in Paradise! But, poor Eve, she had no one to write to - no one to whom to tell what Eden was, no beloved child to whom her love traveled through any or all space. Poor Eve! ~Catharine M. Sedgwick
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born. ~George Bernard Shaw
Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise. ~Author Unknown
People who snore always fall asleep first. ~Author Unknown
If I am not for myself, who will be? ~Pirke Avoth
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. ~Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. ~Sophocles
The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight. ~Jesse Livermore
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients. ~Hippocrates
Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. ~Mark Twain
When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning. ~Marv Levy
I came out for exercise, gentle exercise, and to notice the scenery and to botanise. And no sooner do I get on that accursed machine than off I go hammer and tongs; I never look to right or left, never notice a flower, never see a view - get hot, juicy, red - like a grilled chop. Get me on that machine and I have to go. I go scorching along the road, and cursing aloud at myself for doing it. ~H.G. Wells, The Wheels of Chance
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. ~Mahatma Gandhi
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~Gore Vidal
