To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap.
The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.
Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!
Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.
When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile.