The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.
The best travel is that which one can take by one's own fireside. In memory or imagination.
It's all one web, sir. The prosperity of the country is one web.
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
There's no disappointment in memory, and one's exaggerations are always on the good side.
When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window.