Careful Words

possible (n.)

possible (adv.)

possible (adj.)

  Do not think that what is hard for thee to master is impossible for man; but if a thing is possible and proper to man, deem it attainable by thee.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 a d): Meditations. vi. 19.

  In the best of possible worlds the château of monseigneur the baron was the most beautiful of châteaux, and madame the best of possible baronesses.

Alain René Le Sage (1668-1747): Candide. Chap. i.