To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.

How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.

Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.