We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

A conquered foe should be watched.

A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.