All forms of government symbolize an immortal government, common to all dynasties and independent of numbers, perfect where two men exist, perfect where there is only one man.

Proverbs are the literature of reason, or the statements of absolute truth, without qualification. Like the sacred books of each nation, they are the sanctuary of its intuitions.

A woman's strength is the unresistible might of weakness.

When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

We are disgusted by gossip; yet it is of importance to keep the angels in their proprieties.

The Indian who was laid under a curse, that the wind should not blow on him, nor water flow to him, nor fire burn him, is a type of us all. The dearest events are summer-rain, and we the Para coats that shed every drop. Nothing is left us now but death. We look to that with a grim satisfaction, saying, there at least is reality that will not dodge us.