A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

On day is pressed on by another.