Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: read more

Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower
Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain read more

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, read more

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.

If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]

To be rather than to seem.
[Lat., Esse quam videri.]

You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a read more

You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. read more

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.