For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.
Precedents are the disgrace of legislation. They are not wanted to justify right measures, are absolutely insufficient to excuse wrong ones. They can only be useful to heralds, dancing masters, and gentlemen ushers.
There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.
The sad vicissitude of things.
What persons are by starts they are by nature.
Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another ... and every hour brings forth something strange and terrible to fill up our discourse and our astonishment.