I shall put leading truths in a general way, and let him make the home application." "Put the cap on if it fits.

Very well: you will injure yourself, and do no one any good.

Lord Nelson won't know it; he is too simple-minded.
But Admiral Darling will never forgive us for insulting him while he is staying at the Hall." "Maria! Well, I have long given up all attempts at reasoning with you.

If I see a man walking into a furnace, do I insult him by saying beware ?" "As I am beyond all reason, Joshua, it is far above me to understand that.

But if you escape insulting him, what you do is far worse, and quite unlike a gentleman.