Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs

You're a mere chick. I remember you when you were a egg. Don't come trying to teach me, sir. Crabs and crumpets!

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Oh Trees, Trees, Trees...wake. Don't you remember it? Don't you remember me? Dryads and hamadryads, come out, come [out] to me.

It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.

There might be things more terrible even than losing someone you love by death.

If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.