Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

The usual disease of princes, grasping covetousness, had made them suspicious and quarrelsome neighbors.

Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly what he is.

Nothing made the horse so fat as the king's eye.

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them.