Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.
Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.
Silence is a still noise.
the squeeky wheel gets the grease.