Love has both its gall and honey in abundance: it has sweetness to the taste, but it presents bitterness also to satiety.
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
It is best to know the worst at once.