I very much fear that our little terraqueous 45 globe is the lunatic asylum of the universe. Voltaire.

I've had my say out, and I shall be th' easier for't all my life. George Eliot.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. George Eliot.

I've wandered east, I've wandered west, / Through many a weary way; / But never, never can forget / The love of life's young day. Motherwell.

I waive the quantum o' th sin, / The hazard of concealing; / But oh! it hardens a' within, / And petrifies the feeling. Burns.

I want that glib and oily art, / To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend, / I'll do't before I speak. King Lear, i. 1.

I was not born for courts or great affairs; / I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers. Pope.

I was well, would be better, took physic and died. Epitaph.

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. Rich. II., v. 5.

I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan, / 5 And learn the future by the past of man. Campbell.