We all make mistakes at some time in our lives, some more than others. It is only when the cost is counted in human lives that people really take notice.

Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.

Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Impressive, eh?' 'Very,' said Jack. 'How did you amass all these?' 'Well,' said Pewter, 'You know the person who always borrows books and never gives them back?' 'Yes...?' 'I'm that person.

Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.

Books" - Snell smiled - "are a kind of magic.

Social mores change with time, like fashion - who knows where it might all end up? I especially like the idea that waste, impoliteness and overpopulation become "abominations," although I'm not sure recycling one's aunt will ever truly catch on.

There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!