The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
There is but one genuine love potion - consideration.
Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.