There's nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.
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.
Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.
When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.
... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!