How is it possible to suspend topaz in one cup of the balance and weigh it against amethyst in the other; or who in a single language can compare the tranquillizing grace of a maiden with the invigorating pleasure of witnessing a well-contested rat-fight?

There are those who collect the refuse of the public streets, but in order to be received into the band it is necessary to have been born one of the Hereditary Confederacy of Superfluity Removers and Abandoned Oddment Gatherers.

One cannot live for ever by ignoring the price of coffins.

The wise duck keeps his mouth shut when he smells frogs.

When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit.

How is it possible to suspend topaz in one cup of the balance and weigh it against amethyst in the other; or who in a single language can compare the tranquillizing grace of a maiden with the invigorating pleasure of witnessing a well-contested rat-fight?