God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another.
Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.
The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.
Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.
If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.