A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.

He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.

The sharp employ the sharp.

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

What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!

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.

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