Principle is a passion for truth.
Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.
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.
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.
By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.
Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.