Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing.

A man can be honest in any sort of skin.

Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?

Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for jealousy's sake, and anger's sake, and hatred's sake, and selfishness' sake, and spiritual pride's sake; but no man that ever I heard of, ever committed a diabolical murder for sweet charity's sake. Mere self-interest, then, if no better motive can be enlisted, should, especially with high-tempered men, prompt all beings to charity and philanthropy.

Thus it often is, that the constant friction of illiberal minds wears out at last the best resolves of the more generous.

I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.

Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.