Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. – George Eliot
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. – Epictetus
Its a morbid observation, but if every one on earth just stopped breathing for an hour, the greenhouse effect would no longer be a problem. – Jerry Adler