Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
An extravagance is something you buy which is no earthly use to your wife.
I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.
And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are Act while there yet is time
Conscience: A small, still voice that makes minority reports.
In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.