When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night.
Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.
God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.
Truth lives in the cellar, error on the doorstep.
A drunkard is like a whiskey-bottle, all neck and belly and no head.
Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.