Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.
What's a Sun-Dial in the shade?
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended
The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.
Security without liberty is called prison.