Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.

Collect as pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.

Platitudes are among the most useful things in the world for those who know how to use them, for truth is not the worse for being obvious, undeniable, or familiar.

Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.

How these curiosities would be quite forgott, did not such idle fellowes as I am putt them downe.

I really didn't say everything I said.

Where you find Bright passages strike your mind, And which perhaps you may have reason To think on at another season,- Take them down in black and white.

The majority of those who put together collections of verses or epigrams resemble those who eat cherries or oysters: they begin by choosing the best and end by eating everything.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, Its body brevity, and wit its soul.