It’s like when people say Bob Dylan changed the world in the ’60s. He wrote some good tunes, and some people who did actually end up changing the world probably hummed them a lot, but that’s not what changed the world.
Three minutes' thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.
Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.