Self confidence is the ground stone of success

A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.

Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.

Men seldom think deeply on subjects in which they have no choice of opinion: they are fearful of encountering obstacles to their faith--as in religion--and so are content with the surface.

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.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.