But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps, millions, think. – Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1819

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. – Charles Caleb Colton

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. – Jean Anouilh, Antigone, 1942

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe