The hardest fact in the world to accept is the inevitable mixture of evil with good in all things.
Better a bald head than none at all.
Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely.
Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.
A book reviewer is usually a barker before the door of a publisher's circus.
Those who cook up stories will get into hot water.