Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her that it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.', Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass', US poet (1819 - 1892)

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.', Colette, The Pure and the Impure, 1932', French novelist (1873 - 1954)

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.', Unknown', Quotations by unknown authors );

I am not young enough to know everything.', J.M. Barrie',

The two most evangelical groups in the world are atheists and vegetarians, especially the least knowledgeable and least intelligent individuals within those groups.', Clark Coleman',