Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament.
"Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!"
The wisest man may be a blind father.
Is not a woman's heart unfathomable?
Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes as it comes.