The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence., H. L. Mencken, US editor (1880 1956)
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others., Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ, 1420, German mystic religious author (1380 1471)
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging the future but by the past., Unknown, Quotations by unknown authors )
Every once in a while, take the scenic route. , H. Jackson Brown Jr.,
The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual., Seneca, Roman dramatist, philosopher, politician (5 BC 65 AD)
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest., John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859, English economist philosopher (1806 1873)