We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Old Man and Death Dreams are wishes your heart makes. American Proverb Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to...

Wisdom doesnt automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. Its true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place. Abigail Van Buren (1918 - ), 1978 The whole problem with the world is...

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible1 summer. Albert Camus (1913 - 1960) If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not...

When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. Alice Hoffman, Here on Earth Barometer1, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having. Ambrose Bierce...

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) An unhurried sense of time is in itself a fo...

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. Abraham Fle...

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence. Francis Jeffrey (1773 - 1850) Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent1. Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992), Salvor Hardin in Foundation The only thing thats be...

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. Arthur Golden, Memoirs1 of a Geisha We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. Th...

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices1 have very few virtues2. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) It is a great thing to know our vices. Cic...

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of ones values. Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982) Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of mans values, it has to be earned....