There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

A man may think an untruth as well as speak one.

Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness.

As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Easy writings curse is hard reading.

I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.