Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.
Like a frog, the aphorist waits for something to fly by that he can catch with his tongue.
If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined.
Living too long exacts a painful price.
Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths.
Secrets die when kept or revealed. They live by being faintly and uncertainly repeated.