Every night before bed, I rub my wife's feet. She says they're the best foot rubs on Earth.
Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.
Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.
Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.
A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.
Of course, certain religious expressions are fine. If a tribe of Aqualishes wants to boil rhino horns in frog saliva on the National Mall to honor their deity, we'd have a commemorative postage stamp ready by next December. But let a Christian mention the baby Jesus to a kindergarten class and the ACLU wants an exorcism.
One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.
Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.
We do not see through our eyes alone.