“Feathers shall raise men towards the heaven even as they do the birds. That is by the letters written by their quills.”

“Eyes raised towards Heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.”

“Birds of a feather flock together”

“Birds of a feather will gather together.”

“If I can not move heaven I shall raise Hell.”

“6295. Birds of a Feather
Flock together.”

“The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds”

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”

“Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds.”

“574. A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.”