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.

Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.

Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.

Nature designed us to be of good cheer.