There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

A lone maple leaf resting on sand Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon, and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it, and with that a cold wind blows across the landscape? That's retirement.

There is an old motto that runs, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This is nonsense. It ought to read, "If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit at once."

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

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.