A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.
Deeds, not words shall speak me.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.