There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.
Most people put off till tomorrow that which they should have done yesterday.
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.
Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.