Truth, Sir, is a cow which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull.
Probably no one will ever know whether it is better to wear a nightcap or not.
In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.