Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.
W. C. Fields

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
William Shakespeare

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.
William Shakespeare

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.
William Shakespeare

I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.
William Shakespeare

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!
William Shakespeare

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.
Robert Frost

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.
Robert Frost

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
Aristotle

We make war that we may live in peace.
Aristotle

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
Aristotle

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
Aristotle

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
Aristotle

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.
Jack Welch

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.
Erma Bombeck

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
Henry David Thoreau

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau