Pity drowns in numbers.

Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.

Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?

I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.

Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.