An anthology is like all the plums and orange peel picked out of a cake.

The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war.

Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

The longer it possesseth a man the more he will delight in it, and the older he groweth the more he shall be subject to it; for it dulleth the spirits, and destroyeth the body as ivy doth the old tree, or as the worm that engendereth in the kernal of the nut.

If thou marry beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year.

Romance is a love affair in other than domestic surroundings.

Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself.