It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
— Voltaire
Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived forward
— Soren Kierkegaard
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the
wise forgive but do not forget.
— Thomas Szasz
It is always the best policy to speak the truth—unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
— Jerome K. Jerome
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
— Jerome K Jerome
One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.
— Randall Jarrell
The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
— Nancy Astor