The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush.
There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.