The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.
Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.
He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon.
Absurdities die of self-strangulation.