Man was formed for society.

A cat will never drown if she sees the shore.

But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but a wilderness.

Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

If you want to convey fact, this can only ever be done through a form of distortion. You must distort to transform what is called appearance into image.

But by far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is found in this-that men despair and think things impossible.

A good conscience is a continual feast.