Biography is the best form of history.
Pedantry is paraded knowledge.
Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.
Advice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody.
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.