Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) (c.250–184 BCE) Roman Comic Playwright
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
—Unknown
He that can have patience can have what he will.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
The smile of God is victory.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit.
—Unknown
Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil.
—Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher
In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
The course of true love never did run smooth.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
For life is only life when blest with health.
—Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet
New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834) British Essayist, Poet
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
One thought fills immensity.
—William Blake (1757–1827) English Poet, Painter, Printmaker
Every wish is like a prayer—with God.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–61) English Poet
A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.
—Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American Biographer, Novelist, Socialist
The crown of literature is poetry.
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Playwright
God made only water, but man made wine.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
—Hesiod (f.700 BCE) Greek Poet
Authority is never without hate.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
The cardiologist’s diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.
—Indian Proverb
Impropriety is the soul of wit.
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Playwright
Memory itself is an internal rumour.
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) Swiss-born French Philosopher
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
—Unknown
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