Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.
Anyone is to be pitied who has just sense enough to perceive his deficiencies.
We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.
Dandyism is a variety of genius.
No man can thoroughly master more than one art or science.