We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.