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

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

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

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.

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.