A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

I would give more for the private esteem and love of one than for the public praise of ten thousand.

Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.

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

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

Keep your working power at its maximum.

Polite beggary is too common.