The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

An obedient wife commands her husband.

All is race; there is no other truth ,and every race must fall which carelessly suffers its blood to become mixed.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.