There is nothing so unready as readiness of wit.
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.
A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.