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A family is one of nature's solubles; it dissolves in time like salt in rainwater.

A family is one of nature's solubles; it dissolves in time like salt in rainwater.

Pat Conroy (2010). “The Prince of Tides: A Novel”, p.337, Open Road Media

Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.

"Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert". Book compiled by George Herbert et al., 1651.

It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, De Amicitia, XIX, 1922.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

William Hazlitt (1841). “Lectures on the English Comic Writers. By William Hazlitt. Third edition. Edited by his son [William Hazlitt the Younger].”, p.50

If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.

Terry Pratchett (2009). “Moving Pictures: (Discworld Novel 10)”, p.31, Random House

I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain.

Sylvia Plath (2008). “The Bell Jar”, p.124, Faber & Faber

We have become so accustomed to hearing everyone claim that his product is the best in the world, or the cheapest, that we take all such statements with a grain of salt.

Robert Collier, Dr Robert C. Worstell (2014). “Robert Collier Copywriting Course - Masters of Marketing Secrets: Learn to Write Sales Letters That Pay”, p.67, Lulu.com

It is the deep, salty stickiness of food that intrigues me more than any other quality.

Nigel Slater (2013). “The Kitchen Diaries”, p.64, HarperCollins UK

The history of the Americas is one of constant warfare over salt.

Mark Kurlansky (2003). “Salt: A World History”, p.136, Penguin

What is life worth without trials and tribulations which are the salt of life.

Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, North Atlantic Books

Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.

Louisa May Alcott (2016). “The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)”, p.426, ShandonPress

Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.

George Horne (1818). “The works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: to which are prefixed memoirs of his life, studies, and writings”, p.421