A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold over his eyes so that he does not see his defects but considers them signs of charm and intelligence and recounts them to his friends as if they were clever and witty.

The proof of the pudding is the eating.

Wit and humor belong to genius alone.

I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.

It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.

In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.