It was called a tribute before a battle and a ransom afterwards.

There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. These gave out a smell of must and solid brownness which was most secure.

It is good to put your life in other people's hands.

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.

Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.

Only fools want to be great.

The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.