Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
It's not down on any map. True places never are.
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
This mortal air is one wide pestilence, that kills us all at last.
The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance.
We die, because we live.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
In childhood, death stirred me not; in middle age, it pursued me like a prowling bandit on the road; now, grown an old man, it boldly leads the way, and ushers me on.
Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
Never joke at funerals, or during business transactions.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
If not against us, nature is not for us.
We die of too much life.
