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?

Alas! It is well written, The road to eminence lies through the cheap and exceedingly uninviting eating-houses.

The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

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?

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

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