History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?
It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.
England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.