When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.

A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.

A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.

All things come to him who waits - even justice.

Sorrow, like rain makes roses and mud.

Wisdom grows in quiet places.

Charity is the only lubricant that keeps the axle of the world creaking.