I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die.
The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.
I ... practiced all the arts of apology, evasion, and invisibility, to which procrastinators must sooner or later be reduced.
Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.
there is no reasoning with imagination.
Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved.