His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect.
But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.
The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook.
I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word.
To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening.
The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.