A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.

Some men's ugliness is hard to beat.

It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right to tell the truth; it is, of course, the only device by which he can deceive people.

A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.

A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.

It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity.