History tends to change people who think they're changing it.
When all else failed, she tried being reasonable.
The jurisdiction of a good man extends to the end of the world.
Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice.