My other bodily ailments have become mere matters of history. — William Banting

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. — George Bernard Shaw
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. — Albert Einstein
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. — Thomas Jefferson
I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude. — William Banting
Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life. — William Banting
Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty years' business career, from which I had retired. — William Banting