Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

Listeners beware, for ye are doomed never to hear good of yourselves.

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.

alas! there is no casting anchor in the stream of time!