A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.
Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.
Neither are any wars so furious and bloody, or of so long continuance as those occasioned by difference in opinion, especially if it be in things indifferent.
Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.
Big-endians and small-endians.
It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply.