There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

There is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

-- Hermann Hesse

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

-- Jane Austen

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

-- Henrik Ibsen

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

-- Charles Dickens

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

-- William Shakespeare

Brevity is the soul of wit.

-- William Shakespeare