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Truth has rough flavors if we bite it through.

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The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.

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A fool or idiot is one who expects things to happen that never can happen.

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A pretty building I'm making, without either bricks or timber. I'm up i' the garret a'ready, and haven't so much as dug the foundation.

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A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest.

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There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that j...more