Running cross country is the closest man will ever get to flying.
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is "What do you like?" Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
He who is more mindful of one, loses the love and the faith of both.
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death.
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.