We die only once, and for such a long time.

And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.

The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

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.

My heavens! I've been talking prose for the last forty years without knowing it.