Necessity urges desperate measures.

Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

Abundance, even of good things, prevents them from being valued

All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.

The little birds have God for their caterer.