If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.
Many are called but few get up.
Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
Diplomacy: lying in state.
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.