"In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness." (<i>On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers</i>) - Samuel Johnson

If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.

a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.

I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night; and then the nap takes me.