Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

Brother, thy tail hangs down behind.

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.

You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?

Being kissed by a man who didn't wax his moustache was-like eating an egg without salt.

Let all who build beware The load, the shock, the pressure Material can bear. So, when the buckled girder Lets down the grinding span, The blame of loss, or murder, Is laid upon the man. Not on the Stuff - the Man!