An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.

Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of any angry man.

Custom is almost a second nature.

What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.