A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.
Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.
Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.
Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.
Impossible desires are the height of unreason.
When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry.