Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.
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.
If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.
We love peace, as we abhor pusillanimity; but not peace at any price.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.