A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.
When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry.
Just what part of meow don't you understand?
The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?
Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.
Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.