Jealousy seldom punishes with the severity it suffers.

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.

Though we may not desire to detect fraud, we must not, on that account, endeavor to be insensible of it, for, as cunning is a crime, so is duplicity a fault, and if men dread knaves, they also despise fools.

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.

The soul is never perfectly secure from the influence of passion; the occasional tranquility she seems to enjoy, is rather relaxation than imperturbable triumph.

There's that saying, "I don't know art, but I know what I like." The inverse is kind of true. I know art, but I don't know what I like. You get so immersed in it that nothing appeals to you.

We would seldom be deceived by flattery, did our own conceit not promote the delusion.