Many commit the same crime with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
The man whose purse is empty can cheerfully sing before the robber.
The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing.
Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.