It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

Never undertake anything unless you have the heart to ask Heaven's blessing on your undertaking.

The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant.