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

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

"Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed."

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

"Patch grief with proverbs."

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain