Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one's life.

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.