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.

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

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

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.

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.

[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.