All human power is a compound of time and patience.
No navigator has yet traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea.
When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
A deist is an atheist with an eye cocked for the off-chance of some advantage.
It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.
The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.