To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.
They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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.
It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.
Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.
Wit loses its point when dipped in malice.