If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.

What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.

She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious.

There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central position in…