The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.
Malice blunts the point of wit.
A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.
Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.