He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.
Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.