Quote of the day
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
John Timbs

Born: August 17, 1801
Died: March 6, 1875 (aged 73)
Bio: John Timbs was an English author and antiquary. Some of his work was published under the pseudonym of Horace Welby.
Known for:
- English Eccentrics and Eccentricities (1866)
- Things Not Generally Known (1857)
- School-Days Of Eminent Men (1858)
- A century of anecdote from 1760 to 1860 (1860)