„Proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.“

— Chinua Achebe
„Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.“
— Chinua Achebe
„I know there's a proverb which that says 'To err is human,' but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.“
— Agatha Christie
„What have we to do but stand with empty hands and palms turned upwards in an age which advances progressively backwards?“
— T.S. Eliot
„Eaten bread is soon forgotten. Dangers which are warded off by effective precautions and foresight are never even remembered.“
— Winston S. Churchill