There's many a slip twixt the blueprints and a new house.
One of the commonest ailments of the present day is the premature formation of opinion.
Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause.
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
Only one fellow in ten thousand understands the currency question, and we meet him every day.
The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.