You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.

Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. - Humbug

I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting

The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.

Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.

Why, can you imagine what would happen if we named all the twos Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things? You'd have to say Robert plus John equals four, and if the four's name were Albert, things would be hopeless.

There are no wrong roads to anywhere.