We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.
Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.
I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.
The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.
By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.