There's folks as make bad butter and trusten to the salt t' hide it.
I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot.
Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.
The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter.
A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.
There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that justice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy.