It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.