It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.

Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.