Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.
Work is the province of cattle.
ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.