All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.