There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.

Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it.

Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.

Though fear should lend him pinions like the wind, yet swifter fate will seize him from behind.

Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.

Your onions should be thoroughly boiled.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.