If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.
he who gives quickly gives twice / in nothing so much as in a letter.
Superior people never make long visits.
It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment.
Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion?