It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie.
Better a bald head than none at all.
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
The modern king has become a vermiform appendix: useless when quiet; when obtrusive, in danger of removal.
When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night.
The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead.