Being a specialist is one thing, getting a job is another.

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.

Chess is one long regret.

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all.

About the only good thing you can say about old age is, it's better than being dead!