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

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.