The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nations well-being.
It's a great life, if you don't weaken.
Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.
And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.