Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.

This revelation of the secrets of nature, long mercifully withheld from man, should arouse the most solemn reflections in the mind and conscience of every human being capable of comprehension. We must indeed pray that these awful agencies will be made to conduce to peace among the nations, and that instead of wreaking measureless havoc upon the entire globe, may become a perennial fountain of world prosperity.

Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen.

To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a Squeezer pen - that is true happiness.

God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Nothing should be done for spite's sake.