In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

You can flatten the paper and try and make it as straight as you want, but it will never be perfect again.

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.