transeunt nubes, caelum autem manet
Clouds pass over, but the sky remains.
St. Augustine
Quote: Happy House Fire
Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
Wendell Berry
Quote: Regency Refashion
“Look here, I have bought this bonnet. I do not think it is very pretty; but I thought I might as well buy it as not. I shall pull it to pieces as soon as I get home, and see if I can make it up any better… there were two or three much uglier in the shop; and when I have bought some prettier-coloured satin to trim it with fresh, I think it will be very tolerable.”
Lydia Bennet, from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen