To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
If a man is wise, he gets rich an' if he gets rich, he gets foolish, or his wife does. That's what keeps the money movin' around.
Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv.
What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.
Vice goes along way towards making life bearable. A little vice now and then is relished by the best of men.