Human beings are the only creatures who blush - or who need to.
The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.
No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave.
Children and fools always speak the truth
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
[On Dutch flat poetry]: It is too smooth and blubbery; it reads like butter-milk gurgling from a jug.