The first inventions of commerce are, like those of all other arts, cunning and short-sighted.
I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.
My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.
When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.
Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.