I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'

I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away.

I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

Variant: I know history will be kind to me. For I intend to write it.

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works…

Vous y trouverez le langage doux et aggreable, d'une naifve simplicite, la narration pure, et en laquelle la bonne foy de l'autheur reluit evidemment, exempte …

There is one feature I notice that is generally missing in 'cargo cult science'... It's a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that …