What a good thing Adam had — when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. – Mark Twain, 1867

[D]ifferent people have different quotational gravity. – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010

…the taste of the finely-worded truth rolled upon the tongue as its thought is revolved in the mind. – William Francis Henry King, “Introduction,” Classical and Foreign Quotations, 18

The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee. Like unto trees of gold arranged in beds of silver, are wise sentences uttered in due season. – The Economy of Human Life, Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written by an A