Inasmuch as ill-deeds spring up as a spontaneous crop, they are easy to learn.

Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Dine on little, and sup on less.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

The proof is in the pudding.

Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.