Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public.
Politics makes strange post-masters.
One of the commonest ailments of the present day is the premature formation of opinion.
There ought t'be some way t'eat celery so it wouldn't sound like you wuz steppin' on a basket.
The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.