Woman absent is woman dead.

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make.

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode.