Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.
In proceeding to the dining-room, the gentleman gives one arm to the lady he escorts--it is unusual to offer both.
'And how, who am I? I will remember, if I can! I'm determined to do it!' But being determined didn't help much.
Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round.
burning with curiosity
Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.