Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.

A book reviewer is usually a barker before the door of a publisher's circus.

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.

It is a mean thief or a successful author that plunders the dead.

The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead.

You are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God.

Ugliness is a point of view; an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.