As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

Prejudice is one of the world's greatest labor-saving devices; it enables you to form an opinion without having to dig up the facts.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.