After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
Malice blunts the point of wit.
If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.
Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
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.