Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge. – Thomas Hood
But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind? – Thomas Hood

Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge. – Thomas Hood
But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind? – Thomas Hood
Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. – Thomas Hood
All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who can condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character, or illustrates an existence. – Benjamin Disraeli