What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.
Politeness smooths wrinkles.
Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.
The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.