An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. - Friedrich Von Schlegel

All Excess is ill: But Drunkenness is of the worst Sort. It spoils Health, dismounts the Mind, and unmans Men: It reveals Secrets, is Quarrelsome, Lascivious, Impudent, Dangerous and Mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a Man: Because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast. - William Penn

The slope contains many wonders not found at the summit. - Marty Rubin

Looking but not seeing is the hearing but not understanding of the eye. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening. - Saki

A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

What you choose also chooses you. - Kamand Kojouri

The shortest distance between two points is always under construction. - Rebecca McClanahan