Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour. - Pliny the Elder

Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?

Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.

It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.