Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one.
And now the lads and lasses, following the example of the birds, bill and coo together.
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.
The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.
If you believe you can do something, then you can acquire the ability to do it even if you didn't have it in the beginning.
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.