The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

How can you say that love is blind? Keener than a young eagle's is its sight.

Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.