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Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

—Norman Douglas, 1917

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts. 

—Aldous Huxley, 1929

Nature never jests.

—Albrecht von Haller, 1751

A great step toward independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

—Seneca the Younger, c. 60

Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.

—David Hume, 1742

As is the face, so is the mind.

—Roman proverb

Death renders all equal.

—Claudian, c. 395

There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.

—Increase Mather, 1684

It’s only the futility of the first flood that prevents God from sending a second.

—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort, c. 1794

Those who believe in freedom of the will have never loved and never hated.

—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893

A sick child is always the mother’s property; her own feelings generally make it so.

—Jane Austen, 1816

I curse the night, yet doth from day me hide.

—William Drummond, 1616

I looked and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him.

—Book of Revelations, c. 90