“Change is no modern invention. It is as old as time and as unlikely to disappear. It has always to be counted on as of the essence of human experience,” (James Rowland Angell)1

“A hippopotamus can be made invisible in dark waters.” (African proverb)1

“Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?” (J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird)0

“For love is of such potent might That of misfortune it makes light.” (John Barbour)0

“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.” (Louisa May Alcott)0

“Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie” (William Shakespeare)1

“Things don’t get any easier by putting them off.” (W. Somerset Maugham)0