A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose in peace to drink my coffee.

Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

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

When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.

It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.