Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
So quick and so fiercely I barely had time to gasp before it was locked on me.
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.