Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.
What you do for money you do badly.
The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.
Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.