The ordinary chestnut can beget a sickly and reluctant laugh, but it takes a horse chestnut to fetch the gorgeous big horse-laugh.
I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one.
Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful.
An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.