Obtuseness is sometimes a virtue.
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.
It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
Cats don't caress us-they caress themselves on us.