Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

The proof is in the pudding.

A shy face is better than a forward heart.