The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.
