It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.
Horace·23 BCEven as we speak, envious time is running away from us. Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo·1716There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment. Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
Pindar·476 BCDo not, my soul, seek immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.
