Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse

Her Majesty is not a subject.

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.