Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.
The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.
For a male person bric-a-brac hunting is about as robust a business as making doll-clothes.
The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.
The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.