The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

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.

I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.

No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco lives a life not worth living.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.