The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.
The sharp employ the sharp.
Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.
He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.
Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.