Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene
Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.
The public is the only critic whose judgment is worth anything at all.
A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize.
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat's plans and a man's are worth about the same. There is much the same shrinkage in both, in the matter of values.