Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.