It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.
The car rocked back and forth and tipped uphill.
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.