If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved.
Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.
Habits are like the wrinkles on a man's brow; if you will smooth out the one, I will smooth out the other.
A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.
Silence is a still noise.