Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; and life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.

Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage.

Well, well, the world must turn upon its axis, And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails, And live and die, make love and pay our taxes, And as the veering winds shift, shift our sails.

If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself...that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

Who then will explain the explanation?

Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people.