True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.
There is not room to swing a cat.
I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound.
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.
The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.