An axe does not boast of its sharpness, but it cuts well.
The axe is the master of its own handle.
The ax is the most virtuous and automatic machine, the only one not to lose its user.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
The axe goes to the wood, but the tree does not forget.
The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.
The pen is mightier than the axe.
When the axe came into the woods, many of the trees said, 'At least the handle is one of us.'
The ax is the healthiest tool of man. Without it, the brain and the hand would become incapable.
If the axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.
In the land of midgets, no tree is tall.
To hold a pen is to be at war.
The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Axe: n. An instrument used for the purpose of tapping the bore of a cask, and for breaking the hoops from a barrel.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
As the ax bites the wood, loneliness shapes the man.