No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.
The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine.
The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.