It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.

Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.

When a man says he wants to work, what he means is that he wants wages.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance.

The censure of frequent and long parentheses has led writers into the preposterous expedient of leaving out the marks by which they are indicated. It is no cure to a lame man to take away his crutches.