When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
Terrorists killed a lot fewer people than bathroom falls and accidental electrocutions.