Sparks from History

• Some friends of Julis Caesar advised him not to walk among the people without weapons or somebody to protect him.He replied,"He who lives in the fear of death,every moment,feels its tortures;I will die but once.
• Oscar Wilde,the English writer,was a boastful man.When he visited America he was asked by the customs authorities if he had anything to declare."Nothing except my genius",replied Wilde who always had too high opinion of himself.