Those who listen to lies lose the ability to hear the truth.
Civilization is the world with its leg asleep.
Patience is the analogue of God's serenity.
Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine.
An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.