If you keep your eyes so fixed on heaven that you never look at the earth, you will stumble into hell.
A book reviewer is usually a barker before the door of a publisher's circus.
Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face.
Some men pray only when the world is dark, as owls hoot at night.
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
Power should answer by action, not by speech.
Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine.
Humility is pride in God.
When we pray for death we really desire a fuller life.
Some liars are so expert they deceive themselves.
When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.
You can swim in life and seawater, but both are hard to swallow.
The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.
Those who deserve love the least need it the most.
Human truth is always soiled with falsehood.
The only thing in the world we really possess is our knowledge of the truth.
The perfection of art is to conceal the sources.
Art is one of man's few serious activities.
You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.
Truth lives in the cellar, error on the doorstep.
The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age.
Friends made fast seldom remain fast.
A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.
A sin is nothing but a deordination of reason, but that is enough.
A small poet repeats himself like a clock.
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