The wisdom of the nations lie in their proverbs
which are brief and pithy.
-William Penn
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
-Bertrand Russell
Proverbs are short sentences
drawn on long experience.
-Miguel de Cervantes
Proverbs are always platitudes
until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
-Aldous Huxley
Few maxims are true
from every point of view.
-Luc de Clapiers Varvenargues
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one,
no less wise, to balance it.
-George Santayana
