By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ~ Confucius

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.
Doug Larson

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens

Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?
--Marcel Marceau