I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth.
You can't reason someone out of something that they weren't reasoned into in the first place.
People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.
It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.