A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.
Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.
He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead.
A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.