Geological time is not money.

Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.

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

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain.

I have been on the verge of being an angel all my life, but it's never happened yet.

To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich.