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.

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

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

One of our forefathers must have read a forbidden book.

Man is a masterpiece of creation . . .