None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.
I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.
When a man once gets a start holding office, it is nearly always necessary to finally choke him off.