Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed.
Never waste a lie; you never know when you may need it.
Nothing so focuses the mind as the prospect of being hanged.
There are too many stars in some places and not enough in others.
There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.