"Never is an awfully long time." — Sir James Matthew Barrie

Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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

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

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage

Source: Cato, act 2 (1713)

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it

Source: Walden (1854)

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation

Source: Walden (1854)

Sir James Matthew Barrie Quote