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

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.

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

Unto each man comes a day when his favorite sins all forsake him, And he complacently thinks he has forsaken his sins.

It would never occur to most of us that 'plants' say anything at all, except in terms of what we read into them, or try to use them for. Yet in their responses to this wonderfully rhythmic and varying earth they are the most expressive of all forms of life.

Friends are the sunshine of life.

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