Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
Spare when young, and spend when old.
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.