But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned amuse themselves with their passing errors.

Modern man is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners.

Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.

Plato was right, but not quite right.