O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.

I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.

Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.