"Nature is no sentimentalist,—does not cosset or pamper us. We must see that the world is rough and surly, and will no…"

"Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be sch…"

"Our modes of Education aim ... to do for masses what cannot be done for masses, what must be done reverently, one by …"

"The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects m…"

"Good ware makes a quick market."

"Ardi galdua atzeman daiteke, aldi galdua berriz ez."

"Vitur maður breytir hugum sínum, heimskingi vill aldrei."

"El tiempo perdido los santos lo lloran."

"Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table."

"Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions."