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

Those who cook up stories will get into hot water.

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely.

The perjurer's mother told white lies.

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

There is more in the education of children than the everlasting iteration of the word "don't!"