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

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

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

There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.

Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.