It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Method is the arithmetic of success.
Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.
Doesn't know much, but leads the league in nostril hair.
Pedantry is paraded knowledge.