One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.
A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church.
History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.