If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.

All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

The system of morality to be gathered from the ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel.

When a real genius appeares in this world, you'll know him by the fact that all the fools have allied against him.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.