If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.

Many a wretch has rid on a hurdle who has done less mischief than utterers of forged tales, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.

Be just before you are generous.

Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.

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.

The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.