Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

Bertrand Russell
author 1872 - 1970

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

Socrates
philosopher 469BC - 399BC

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Benjamin Franklin

american patriot 1706 - 1790

If there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Albert Camus
author 1913 - 1960

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

Kurt Vonnegut
author 1922 - 2007

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Douglas Adams
humorist 1952 - 2001

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.

Walter Bagehot
economist 1826 - 1877