The lowest boor may laugh on being tickled, but a man must have intelligence to be amused by wit.

The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.

The very soul of the slothful does effectually but lie drowsing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his senses.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

Nothing is so fierce but love will soften; nothing so sharp-sighted in other matters but it will throw a mist before its eyes.