Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.

Marriage is commonly a meal wherein the soup is better than the desert.

A youth's knowledge is like a cheap shotgun-likely to do as much damage to the owner as to the game.

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face.

Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.

You are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God.