That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be
generous.

Juju is not enough to protect you. Everything you have I will turn against you. I'll turn sugar bitter for you. I'll take your very shield and crack it on your head.

Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.

It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.