The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Memory feeds imagination.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.