Building air castles is a harmless business as long as you don't attempt to live in them.
Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William.
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.