"Delay is preferable to error." — Thomas Jefferson

All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time

Source: The Builders, The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one

Source: Letter to Harriot Washington (Oct. 30, 1791)

Day: A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Year: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad

Source: Letter to George Steptoe Washington (Mar. 23, 1789)

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

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