Counsel

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

— Confucius, translated by James Legge, Analects, XIV.27

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

— William Blake, Proverbs of Hell

The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, preface