Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous. – Abdelkader

Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldnt have said. – Anon.

But further, in order to embellish it with flowers of language and gems of thought, it is not necessary for this ornamentation to be spread evenly over the entire speech, but it must be so distributed that there may be brilliant jewels placed at various points as a sort of decoration. – Cicero, De oratore

The truest sayings are paradoxical. – Laozi, as quoted in The Wisdom of the East: The Sayings of Lao Tzŭ, transla