I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.

And remember that the danger which is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of.

O grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With the sea-weed in summer, ye bountiful powers! And I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers.

Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.

Of all animals, he alone attains to the Contemplative Life.

Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination.