Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.

No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.

But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand me, will not suppose that I intend any preposterous comparison, when I observe that Homer was farther removed in time from Troy than I am from the Napoleonic wars; yet he spoke to the Greeks for 2,000 years and more.

I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for whichever side has paid you, affecting warmth and conviction, and doing everything you can to win the case, whatever your private opinion may be, will soon dull any fine sense of honour. The mercenary soldier is not a valued creature, but at least he risks his life, whereas these men merely risk their next fee.

That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do.

It is a great while since I felt the grind of bone under my saw,' he added, smiling with anticipation.

Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them.