Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.

Not reading a beautiful book again because you've already read it, that is, as if you were not visiting a dear friend again because you know him already.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.

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