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

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.

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

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

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

What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first.

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.