Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.
Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
The sharp employ the sharp.
Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.
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.