The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.

I follow a more easy, and, in my opinion, a wiser course, namely--to inveigh against the levity of the female sex, their fickleness, their double-dealing, their rotten promises, their broken faith, and, finally, their want of judgment in bestowing their affections.

You cannot eat your cake and have your cake.

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.