Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

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.

Few maxims are true in every respect

Few maxims are true in every respect

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.

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.

Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.

Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.

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 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

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.