Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.
A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.
A blossom must break the sheath it has been sheltered by.
Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.
A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.