When the Greeks said, Whom the gods love die young, they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored by the gods stay young till the day they die; young and playful.

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

There are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves.

Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature.

Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the future... We watch our experts read the entrails of statistical tables and graphs the way the ancients watched their soothsayers read the entrails of a chicken.

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.