“A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.”

“A smooth sea never made a skilled marine.”

“Death is a shadow that always follows the body”

“The absent are always wrong.”

“Everyone must row with the oars he has.”

“The shortest answer is doing.”

“October turned my maple's leaves to gold The most are gone now here and there one lingers Soon these will slip from out the twig's weak hold Like coins between a dying miser's fingers.”

“If cold December gave you birth The month of snow and ice and mirth Place on your hand a turquoise blue Success will bless what'er you do.”

“Thirty days hath September April June and November All the rest have thirty-one Excepting February alone: Which hath but twenty-eight in fine Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.”