If you want something and don't get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.

One man in a thousand, Solomon says. Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. ---The Thousandth Man

'E's all'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An''e's generally shammin' when'e's dead.

He will kill mice and he will be kind to babies...but when the moon gets up and the night comes, he is the Cat that Walks by Himself.

As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.

Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.