The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.

After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster.

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!

The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.

When we tune in to an especially human way of viewing the landscape powerfully, it resonates with an audience

Laziness breeds humors of the blood.

A cold and moist brain is an inseparable companion to folly.