To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematical proposition in some other way than that of the ordinary demonstration, they promptly say, "Oh, I see. That's how it must be." This is a sign that they explain it to themselves from within their own system.

The greater part of human misery is caused by indolence.

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