Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
The man is either crazy or he is a poet.
You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.