Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.
The eye of prudence may never shut.
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
A man's action is only a poicture book of his creed.
When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners.