What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people's minds.

I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth but never in thy heart nor in thy practice

Thou hast had thty day, old dame, but thy sun has long been set. Thou art now the very emblem of an old warhorse turned out on the barren heath; thou hast had thy paces in thy time, but now a broken amble is the best of them.

Dear to me is my bonnie white steed; Oft has he helped me at pinch of need.

Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.