A wise woman will always let her husband have her way.

The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.

Easy writings curse is hard reading.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

I was struck all on a heap.

A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.