“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”
Sir Walter Scott

“Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.”
C.S. Lewis

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and of unspeakable love.”
Washington Irving

“Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.”
Tacitus

“There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.”
Polybius

“In youth we learn; in age we understand.”
Austrian novelist, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.”
-Von der Besucht, Paracelsus, 1567

“* 2000 B.C. – Here, eat this root
* 1000 A.D. – That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
* 1850 A.D. – That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
* 1920 A.D. – That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
* 1945 A.D. – That pill is ineffective. Here, take this penicillin.
* 1955 A.D. – Oops….bugs mutated. Here, take this tetracycline.
* 1960-1999 – 39 more “oops”…Here, take this more powerful antibiotic.
* 2000 A.D. – The bugs have won! Here, eat this root.”

新年快樂.