The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
But it is not reason that governs love.
We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it's good, is so very good That the bad when it's bad can't be bad!