Good advice is never as helpful as an interest-free loan.
Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for.
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
I obey my own commands about as often as others do.
Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.
Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.