Do not fear the ones who argue, but rather those who are evasive.

Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.