There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched.
How much an ill word may empoison liking!
The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious.
I'm bad for your health, like puttin' a pistol up to your face and blastin' yourself.
My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.