The tragedy of loss is not that we grieve, but that we cease to grieve, and then perhaps the dead are dead at last.

Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft.

Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.

A politician is required to listen to humbug, talk humbug, condone humbug. The most we can hope for is that we don't actually believe it.

In youth we take egregious risks because death has no reality for us. Youth goes caparisoned in immortality. It is only in middle age that we are shadowed by the awareness of the transitoriness of life.

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less.