Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.
That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses.
Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.
The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!