I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance, there are min

As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.

Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy, affectation part of the chosen trappings of folly; the one completes a villain, the other only finishes a fop.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves.

Nothing concentrates one's mind so much as the realization that one is going to be hanged in the morning!