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

Friends are the sunshine of life.

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

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

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.

Maidens! why should you worry in choosing whom you shall marry? Choose whom you may, you will find you have got somebody else.

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.