The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the smallest compass. About every weak point in human nature, or vicious spot in human life, there is deposited a crystallization of warning and protective proverbs.

He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any.

Every man is his own greatest dupe.

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

Public opinion is a second conscience.