We are all slaves to the shining metal.

The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.

Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.

There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.

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.

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.