Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!
Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!
They don't have intelligence. They have what I call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences.
Like all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well.
Everyone has a hidden agenda. Except me!
It is especially difficult for modern people to conceive that our modern, scientific age might not be an improvement over the prescientific period.