Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
Walter Savage LandorWhen a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.
Walter Savage LandorIf there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt, if there were no doubt, there would be no inquiry; if no inquiry, no wisdom, no knowledge, no genius; and Fancy herself would lie muffled up in her robe, inactive, pale, and bloated.
Walter Savage Landor