Possessions

A strange land is a bilberry; one's own land is a strawberry.

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.

Bugs are not going to inherit the earth. They own it now. So we might as well make peace with the landlord.

Every man thinks his own geese swans.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

If a flea had money, it would buy its own dog.

In his own nest a beetle is a sultan.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed.

The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land.