"We are so used to disguising ourselves from others that we finally disguise ourselves from ourselves."

"There is something anachronistic about the very idea of aphorisms or maxims. Contemporary culture isn’t stately enoug…"

"Aphorism or maxim, let us remember that this wisdom of life is the true salt of literature; that those books, at leas…"

"Maxim... Generally any simple and memorable rule or guide for living; for example, 'neither a borrower nor a lender b…"

"He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly."

"Bitter for a free man is the bondage of debt."

"Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear."

"A good reputation is more valuable than money."

"He who helps the guilty, shares the crime."

"The love of justice is in most men only the fear of suffering injustice."