Half the truth is often a great lie.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.
The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature.
There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.
Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst.