Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.
The less we know the more we suspect
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.
Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.
Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.