Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge.

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.

Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.

When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given the same old advice but for different reasons.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Friendship is not going to stand the pressure of greatly great guidance for quite extensive.