It is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which “escape” is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?
—J. R. R. Tolkien
Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best.
—Henry van Dyke
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius
Before you act, Listen. Before you react, Think. Before you spend, Earn. Before you criticize, Wait. Before you pray, Forgive. Before you quit, Try.
—William Arthur Ward
If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.
—Woodrow Wilson
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
—Abraham Lincoln
Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
—Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
