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.

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.

At my door the Pale Horse stands to carry me to unknown lands.

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

Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life.