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.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

-- Zeno of Citium

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

-- Edgar Allan Poe

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

-- Ernest Hemingway

Every person's life is a journey toward himself.

-- Hermann Hesse

Know your own happiness.

-- Jane Austen

All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.

-- Alexandre Dumas