Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.
The great theatre for virtue is conscience.
Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.
Old age is by nature rather talkative.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.