Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.
Let us swear while we may, for in heaven it will not be allowed
A banquet is probably the most fatiguing thing in the world except ditch digging.
Life does not consist mainly - or even largely - of facts and happenings.
To write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance with the most implicit confidence as the sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for.
An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth.