daily contemplation

"When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more."

~ John Adams

"Well, if she was dumb enough to marry you, she'll believe anything."

~ Oliver Hardy

"There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live."

~ John Adams