There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.
A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.
What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There...
When I was growing up my mother would say 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'.
