If you learn from a loss you have not lost.

A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.

Civilization is the world with its leg asleep.

The perjurer's mother told white lies.

The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant.

Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and finally following appetite.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.