Men are such cowards. They outrage every law in the world and are afraid of the world's tongue.
The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.
Nothing worth knowing can be taught.
Just as the orator marks his good things by a dramatic pause, or by raising and lowering his voice, or by gesture, so the writer marks his epigrams with italics, setting the little gem, so to speak, like a jeweler.
Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.
The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.