Exaggeration Is A Branch Of Lying.

All Victories Breed, And That Over Your Superior Is Foolish Or Fatal.

The Best Remedy For Disturbances Is To Let Them Run Their Course, For So They Quiet Down.

Admiration Is The Basis Of Ignorance.

I Strive To Be Brief, And I Become Obscure.

At Twenty A Man Is A Peacock, At Thirty A Lion, At Forty A Camel, At Fifty A Serpent, At Sixty A Dog, At Seventy An Ape, At Eighty A Nothing At All.