Freebsd Fortunes 4

It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he
holds back one who is hastening.  Rather one should befriend the guest who
is there, but speed him when he wishes.
                -- Homer, "The Odyssey"

        [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
         referring to scheduling.]

It is exactly because a man cannot do a
thing that he is a proper judge of it.
                -- Oscar Wilde

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take.  This
is untrue.  Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the
last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give
enough.
                -- Quentin Crisp, "How to Become a Virgin"

It is far better to be deceived than to be undeceived by those we love.

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities
without your help.
                -- Miss Manners

It is Fortune, not Wisdom, that rules man's life.

It is fruitless:
        to become lacrymose over precipitately departed lactate fluid.

        to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with
                innovative maneuvers.

It is generally agreed that "Hello" is an appropriate greeting because
if you entered a room and said "Goodbye," it could confuse a lot of people.
                -- Dolph Sharp, "I'm O.K., You're Not So Hot"

It is idle to attempt to talk a young woman out of her passion:
love does not lie in the ear.
                -- Walpole

It is imperative when flying coach that you restrain any tendency toward
the vividly imaginative.  For although it may momentarily appear to be the
case, it is not at all likely that the cabin is entirely inhabited by
crying babies smoking inexpensive domestic cigars.
                -- Fran Lebowitz, "Social Studies"