Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.
The sunset glow of self-possession.
We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it.
It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.