Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.
When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
As any custom is disused, the words that expressed it must perish with it; as any opinion grows popular, it will innovate speech in the same proportion as it alters practice.
Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?
In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.