If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.
Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.
Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing that absurdity consciously, and with more or less ill-nature.
A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.
Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.