In science 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work ask him: 'Whose?'
Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand...
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors and it seems only fair that they...
There is nothing so habit-forming as money.
Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's...
Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to...
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast...
I would rather start a family than finish one.
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't...
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in...
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he...
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you...
