Margaret Mead on success

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.

Having someone wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night is a very old human need.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Julius Caesar100–44 BCInscription on the triumphal wagon reported in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, as translated by Robert Graves (1957).

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.

Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.