A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty.

For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.

Oh stay! oh stay! Joy so seldom weaves a chain Like this to-night, that oh 't is pain To break its links so soon.

Oh, the pleasure of eating my dinner alone!