In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours.

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened.

A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.

Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.