A parsimony of words prodigal of sense.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language.
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Life is too short to be little.
The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.