Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.

A friend is someone who stays in when the rest of the world has gone out.

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.