It's only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin. - Herman Melville

Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.

Imagine my surprise, nay, my consternation, when without moving from his privacy, Bartleby, in a singular mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.