Clarence Day

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. ”

Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first. ”

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience. ”

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character. ”

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. ”

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any. ”

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. ”

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. ”