With the latitude of unbounded scurrility, it is easy enough to attain the character of a wit, especially when it is considered how wonderfully pleasant it is to the generality of the public to see the folly of their acquaintance exposed by a third person.
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.