But the fruit that can fall without shaking Indeed is too mellow for me.

Miserable is the fate of writers: if they are agreeable, they are offensive; and if dull, they starve.

Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote.

General notions are generally wrong.

It has all been most interesting.

It's all been very interesting.

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.