Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Time flies, and what is past is done.

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.

Are we not also married to conscience which we would love to get rid of often enough since it is more bothersome than a man or a woman ever could become?

Gray are all the theories, But green is the tree of life.

The style of an author is a faithful copy of his mind.