In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it.
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.
It must be well-nigh a maximum of sense to behave so that one escapes being hanged.
Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it.
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.