Feather by feather the goose is plucked.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

It is only through faith that you will receive the patience, obedience, and humility to be submissive

Are not dreams as much a part of living as waking life is?

Our desire to grow, to make a place for ourselves… to know we have counted in the lives of others, is healthy and necessary to our existence…

What he saw seemed to be the very idea of a city, barnacled and thick with itself.

Immature loves says ' I love because I need you. Mature love says I need you because I love you.

This solitude opressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all events, contradicted; it was too dreadful not to know whether she was thinking right or wrong.

Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.

The new political gospel: public office is private graft.

Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.

You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.