A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. – Laurence Sterne
I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it. – Laurence Sterne
I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. – Laurence Sterne
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. – Laurence Sterne
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. – Sir Winston Churchill