Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Mark Twain
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.
Thomas Jefferson
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old and you may become a teacher of others.
Confucius
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First by reflection which is noblest, Second by imitation which is easiest, and third by experience which is the bitterest.
Confucius
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
William James
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.
Helen Keller
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
Buddha
A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
Jane Austen
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
