It is well to be off with the old woman before you're on with the new.
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
He who has never hoped can never despair
It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it.
What is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.