Some books are edifices to stand as they are built; some are hewn stones ready to form a part of future edifices; some are quarries from which stones are to be split for shaping and after use. Holmes.
Some books are lees frae end to end, / And some big lees were never penn'd; / E'en ministers they hae been kenn'd, / In holy rapture, / A rousing whid at times to vend, / And nail't wi' Scripture. Burns.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Bacon.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Much Ado About Nothing, iv. 1.
Some dire misfortune to portend, / No enemy can match a friend. Swift.
Some drink because they're wet, and some 5 because they're dry. Saying.
Some evils are cured by contempt. Pr.
Some falls are means the happier to rise. Shakespeare.
Some faults are so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. Goldsmith.
Some folk's tongues are like the clocks as run on strikin', not to tell you the time o' the day, but because there's summat wrong i' their inside. George Eliot.