Seldom any splendid story is wholly true.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.

Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true

A nation of shopkeepers are very seldom so disinterested.