Wit loses its point when dipped in malice.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
I loved him for himself alone.
Never say more than is necessary.
Be just before you are generous.
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.