The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

To make astute people believe one is what one is not is, in most cases, harder than actually to become what one wishes to appear.

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

What you have been obliged to discover by yourself leaves a path in your mind which you can use again when the need arises.

Great men too make mistakes, and many among them do it so often that one is almost tempted to call them little men.

The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure.