A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss, Goethe said; a correct answer, Gertrude would have said, is like a slap in the face.

Read at whim! Read at whim!

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.

Except from the Americans—but every pearl has its oyster.

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

If you've been put in your place long enough you begin to act like the place.

Say what you like, but such things do happen - not often, but they do happen.