The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open.

how impossible it is not to laugh in some company, or to laugh in others.

The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open.

when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.

Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be.

Let the sexes mutually forgive each other their follies; or, what is much better, let them combine their talents for their general advantage.

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.