Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.