“Antiphanes said merrily that in a certain city the cold was so intense that words were congealed as soon as spoken, but that after some time they thawed and became audible; so that the words spoken in winter were articulated next summer.Plutarch
“Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less.Plutarch
“No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.Plutarch
“As geographers, Sosius, crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts, and unapproachable bogs.Plutarch