Silence is a still noise.
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.
Young widows still bide their time.
I've never known an auctioneer to lie unless it was absolutely necessary.
As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.