The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Eloquence is a republican art, as conversation is an aristocratic one.
The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence
To fight is a radical instinct; if men have nothing else to fight over they will fight over words, fancies, or women, or they will fight because they dislike each other's looks, or because they have met walking in opposite directions.
My soul hates the fool whose only passion is to live by rule.