There is such a difference between life and theory. - Anthony Trollope

Oh, that that old man in Westmoreland would die and be gathered to his fathers, now that he was full of years and ripe for the sickle! But there was no sign of death about the old man.

I hold that gentleman to be the best dressed whose dress no one observes. I am not sure but that the same may be said of an author's written language.

Men and women ain't lumps of sugar. They don't melt because the water is sometimes warm.