National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.
Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.
Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.
Space is the stature of God.
Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.
There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.