We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
“I wear black because I'm comfortable in it. But then in the summertime when it's hot I'm comfortable in light blue.”
“Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.”