Proverbium Seniorum

"Cheerfulness gives elasticity to the spirit. Spectres fly before it."---Samuel Smiles, British self-help author, 1812-1904

"And this, which you deem of no moment, is the very highest of all: that is, whether you have a right idea of the gods, whereby you may live your life well or ill."---Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length."---Robert Frost, American poet, 1874-1963

"It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."---J.K. Rowling, British author, 1965-

"Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men."---Jean Rostand, French biologist & historian, 1894-1977

"Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand."---Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

"To err is human; to admit it, superhuman."---Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock in a thunderstorm."---Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."---Albert Einstein, German-born American theoretical physicist, 1870-1955

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."---Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

"Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity."---Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939

"The presence of evil does not preclude love."---Lisa Shearin ('The Dragon Conspiracy'), American fantasy author, 1979-

"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't."---Richard Taverner, English author, 1505-1575

"For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain."---John Dryden, English Poet Laureate, 1631-1700

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."---Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary & politician, 1870-1924

"In the arts of peace Man is a bungler."---George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1856-1950

"Things do not change; we change."---Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, 1817-1862