Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments.

Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments.

Laugh as loud as you please at your companion's wit; do not even smile at his folly.

Surmise is the gossamer that malice blows on fair reputations, the corroding dew that destroys the choice blossom. Surmise is primarily the squint of suspicion, and suspicion is established before it is confirmed.

That happy state of mind, so rarely possessed, in which we can say, "I have enough," is the highest attainment of philosophy.

Wit, to be well defined, must be defined by wit itself; then it will be worth listening to.

It would be a considerable consolation to the poor and discontented could they but see the means whereby the wealth they covet has been acquired, or the misery that it entails.