Malice blunts the point of wit.
Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.
Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.