Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

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

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

He marvelled at the fact that the cats had two holes cut in their fur at precisely the spot where their eyes were.

One of our forefathers must have read a forbidden book.

One has to do something new in order to see something new.

Perseverance can lend the appearance of dignity and grandeur to many actions, just as silence in company affords wisdom and apparent intelligence to a stupid person.