No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.

I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more

I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

A good bargaine is a pick-purse.

A good bargaine is a pick-purse.