The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. - H.L. Mencken

Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of. - Agnes' Law

Life is one big judgment call. - The Quote Garden

Chance is always powerful, let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. - Ovid

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up. - Barbara Kingsolver

Life is a series of collisions with the future. - José Ortega y Gasset

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Life is half spent before we know what it is. - George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, 1651