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

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.

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

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.

How sublime is the audacious tautology of Mohammed, God is God!

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.