Pyrotechnically considered, [laughing] is the fire-works of the soul.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.
We should make virtue our master, not our servant.
One legged chickens, I know, are the least apt to scratch a garden.