God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
Nature's instructions are always slow; those of men are generally premature.
If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.
It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.
It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.