Reasoning with a drunkard is like
Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.

The words were clumsy in my mouth, like typing with hammers.

Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.

She was aware that reason had left the room. She was not sorry to see it go.

Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.