The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.

True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first.

There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping through the under currents of the soil, but you have to be willing to wait and receive.

Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.

Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.