One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.
We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.
A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.
Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth.
If our hours were all serene, we might probably take almost as little note of them as the dial does of those that are clouded.
Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.