It is delightful to kiss the eyelashes of the beloved--is it not? But never so delightful as when fresh tears are on them.
Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command.
Cats ask plainly for what they want.
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.
Cats like men are flatterers.