About a veteran player thrown out trying to steal second: There was larceny in his heart, but his legs were honest.
A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.
His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.
It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.
A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source.
[History is] petrified imagination.