Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of patent medicines!

scales are the grammar of music.

Of all the men I have known, I cannot recall one whose mother did her level best for him when he was little who did not turn out well when he grew up.

One does not permit one's friends to be slandered in time of trouble.

Taking the way that opens, even if it seems hardly more than a footpath, not infrequently leads to the highways of heart's desire, if not to fame and fortune.

the only door into her bedroom led through the church.

A half century of living should put a good deal into a person's face besides a few wrinkles and some unwelcome folds around the chin.