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

Proverbs are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

A nation never falls but by suicide.

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

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

Washington, where an insignificant individual may trespass on a nation's time.