All isolation is wrong so say the herd. And long didst thou belong to the herd.

Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance.

Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters.

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness.

A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch.

Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.

The earth is like the breasts of a woman: useful as well as pleasing.