Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Things are only impossible until they're not.
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.