In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them.
I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.
It is madness beyond compare To try to reform the world.
Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.