The `loner' may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself.

What soon grows old? Gratitude.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

Let's remind ourselves that last year's fresh idea is today's cliche.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Adde parvum parvo manus acervus erit. [Add little to little and there will be a big pile.]

Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.