To live without loving is not really to live.
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
All right-minded people adore it; and anyone who is able to live without it is unworthy to draw breathe