In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving
Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.
People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.
Opportunity seldom come along and knock you on the Head.
Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read any other book, and I as rarely felt the want of any other.
In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.
[The] operation of the wisest laws is imperfect and precarious. They seldom inspire virtue, they cannot always restrain vice.
. . . patients seldom run amuck at mealtime.
I learned to do with little. And that's why today, I only spend the taxpayers' money like I spend my own, which is seldom. The people of Mississauga love that.
Like most musicians, Im good at becoming immersed in the music that I am currently working on. We seldom lift up our heads to contemplate even the music we will be doing in the future, let alone what weve done in the past.
Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge.
A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.
I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them.
A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.
We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.
I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it.
God very seldom succeeds. He has very nearly everything against him, of course.
When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.
While it is undeniably true that people love a surprise, it is equally true that they are seldom pleased to suddenly and without warning happen upon a series of prunes in what they took to be a normal loin of pork.