To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.
What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.
I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years ago, but that is because I reached the limit forty years ago. You can't go beyond possibility.
I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.
A great, great deal has been said about the weather, but very little has ever been done.
When some men discharge an obligation, you can hear the report for miles around.