Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients - no, three, I think - yes, it was three; I attended their funerals.
Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.
A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.
Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it