To think that the world can ever change without changes in our mental models is folly.
Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.
A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
The stone that is rolling can gather no moss;For master and servant oft changing is loss.
Look ere thou leap, see ere thou go.
In harvest time, harvest folk, servants and all Should make, all together, good cheer in the hall Once ended the harvest, let none be beguiled Please such as did help thee, man, woman and child.
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.
Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.
Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly-about any subject at all.
America's humanitarian concern for foreign victims of natural disasters or civil strife is being abused by President Bush when he extends legal status to foreigners in the US when there is no reason that they could not go home safely.
I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I could start it any time soon.