Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. |
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. |
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find. |
In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. |
The maxims of men reveal their characters. |
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. |
One of the great lessons of history is that people who were absolutely sure they were right... were generally wrong. |
We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects; and the simple defects of others as character flaws. |
The voice of reason is inaudible to irrational people. |
You were born an original, so don't die a copy. |