Wit & Wisdom

“The richer your friends, the more they will cost you.”

Writer Elisabeth Marbury, quoted in the Associated Press

“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”

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Mark Twain, quoted in the London Times

“When you forgive, you in no way change the past, but you sure do change the future.”

Radio host Bernard Meltzer, quoted in Beliefnet.com

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”

Miguel de Cervantes, quoted in United Press International

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald

“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.”

Leonardo da Vinci, quoted in the Tallahassee Democrat

“Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.”

Actor John Lithgow, quoted in the Illawarra, Australia, Mercury