Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.
Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.
There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, But four times he who gets his blow in fust