In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

Malice blunts the point of wit.

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.

Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.

Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.

Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.