Vigorous writing is concise.
A moment later, I caught my breath, but I didn't say anything.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Neither did the cop car that went past, nor the firetruck, nor the next three cop-cars.
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.