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A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows read more
A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.
A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.
A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right
Few maxims are true in every respect
Few maxims are true in every respect
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could read more
Symbologists often remarked that France-a country renowned for machismo, womanizing, and diminutive insecure leaders like Napoleon and Pepin the Short-could not have chosen a more apt national emblem than a thousand-foot phallus.