You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.