Quotes from authors that died on May 24th
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
Nicolaus Copernicus
There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.
Duke Ellington
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
Robert Cecil
Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
Harold Wilson
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Meriwether Lewis 
Learned Hand 
Craig Benson 
Marc Almond 
Anne Sullivan Macy 
Richard Chamberlain 
Alex Lifeson 
Rudyard Kipling