When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.

Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.

When Shakespeare copied chroniclers verbatim, it was because he knew they were good enough for his audiences. In a more polished age he who could so move our passions, could surely have performed the easier task of satisfying our taste.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.