“It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are...” — Gilbert Parker Quote

“It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.”

“For when a child is born the mother also is born again.”

“Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.”

“The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.”

“The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.”

“I was super brainy and a proper geek at school, but there would always be a boy. But that sort of obsession did turn me into a songwriter. My writing has always come from that feeling of infatuation.”