When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.
I've always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while.
moral vanity is the snare of good people.
... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!
Fighting should be left to dogs and cats and chickens, who can't reason.
By some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed.