Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Sometimes I feel something akin to rage At the corrupted morals of this age!
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.