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

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

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.

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

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

Friends are the sunshine of life.

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