"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter" — George Washington

Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs

I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings

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