You May Impose Silence Upon Me, But

There Are No More Thorough Prudes Than Those Who Have Some Little Secret To Hide.

Ever Since Time Began The World Has Seemed Stupid To Those Who Aren't Stupid Themselves. It Was To Avoid That Annoyance That I Became Stupid Myself, As Fast As Ever I Could. Sheer Egoism, No Doubt.

The Publication Of A Book Only Brings Very Paltry Results To Its Author.

It Is High Time That We Had Lights That Are Not Incendiary Torches.

It Is Quite Wrong To Think Of Old Age As A Downward Slope. On The Contrary, One Climbs Higher And Higher With The Ad-vancing Years, And That, Too With Sur-prising Strides. Brain-work Comes As Easily To The Old As Physical Exertion To The Child. One Is Moving, It Is True, Towards The End Of Life, But That End Is Now A Goal, And Not A Reef In Which The Vessel May Be Dashed.