Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.
He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.
In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours.
Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.
One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.
A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.