He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.

Humor is the harmony of the heart.

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.

Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.