Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.
It is a fact that not once in all my life have I gone out for a walk. I have been taken out for walks; but that is another matter.
A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.
Every one, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than he pays little in specie.
Pessimism does win us great happy moments.
To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.