The clever men at Oxford / Know all that there is to be knowed. / But they none of them know one half as much / As intelligent Mr Toad.

Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality.

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings

The top three athletes in an international event are separated by less than 1 per cent,

If a rugby league player, for example, can improve their speed by 0.1sec, it can mean the difference between them catching that ball at their fingertips and scoring a try, or missing it altogether,