The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!".

For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!".

Only in your imagination can you revise.

Only in your imagination can you revise.

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and read more

Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.

I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led read more

I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that read more

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.