If man could have half his wishes he would double his troubles
What pains our Justice takes his faults to hide, With half that pains sure he might cure 'em quite
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.
Half-wits talk much, but say little.
An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ach more; Probatum est.
After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together.
Mankind are very odd creatures: one half censure what they practice, the other half practice what they censure; the rest always say and do as they ought.
The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk
If a man could half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.