Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938

The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show. – Author Unknown

We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others. – Frederick W. Faber