Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of us, or, at least, without our participation,--like everything inspired.
TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.
Justice is the truth in action.
We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.
Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.