When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and of beauty and I believe that Alfred Nobel must have felt much the same when he gave these prizes for literature and the sciences.
