The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
Things are only worth what you make them worth.
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.