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

Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

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

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Without imagination, there is no goodness, no wisdom.

Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can.