Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.
The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.
It is a shameful thing to insult a child.
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next.