Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.
Another century and there will not be a Bible on earth!
If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?