The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.
Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing.
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.
A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.