Life is too short for a long story

I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.

One can never outlive one's vanity.

... if it were the fashion to go naked, the face would be hardly observed.

We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading.