A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
Translations increase the faults of a work and spoil its beauties.
The darkness is at its deepest. Just before the sunrise.
It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.
The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.