Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
[On dishonesty:] If there were a cry of 'stop thief!' we would all stand still.
Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
She heard pa shouting,"Jiminy crickets!It's raining fish-hooks and hammer handles!
No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.