Habits in writing as in life are...

"Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous." - W. Somerset Maugham

No man chooses evil...

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness." - Mary Shelley

Age, like woman,...

"Age, like woman, requires fit surroundings." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Until the day when god shall...

"Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, —'Wait and hope'." - Alexander Dumas

Friends are an aid to...

"Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds." - Aristotle

One person I have to...

"One person I have to make good: myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy—if I may." - Robert Louis Stevenson

Rash indeed is he who...

" Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past." - Sophocles

A short saying often...

"A short saying often contains much wisdom." - Sophocles

You should live in...

" You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." - Henry David Thoreau

Front-bencher vs Back-bencher

"A front-bencher can solve any problem in class, but a back-bencher can face any problem in life."

Power is not...

"Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true." - Honore de Balzac

I desire no future that...

" I desire no future that will break the ties with the past." - Goerge Eliot

But men must know...

" But men must know, that in this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on." - Francis Bacon

The courage to...

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

Once victim, always...

"Once victim, always victim—that's the law!" - Thomas Hardy