To waste one's breath; to pump into a sieve.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
Every one can remember that which has interested himself.
Conquered, we conquer.