Wit Is The Rarest Quality

Cunning Is The Art Of Concealing Our Own Defects, And Discovering Other People's Weaknesses.

A Thing Is Not Vulgar Merely Because It Is Common.

The Greatest Offence Against Virtue Is To Speak Ill Of It.

It Is Better To Drink Of Deep Grief Than To Taste Shallow Pleasures.

What Passes In The World For Talent Or Dexterity Or Enterprise Is Often Only A Want Of Moral Principle. We May Succeed Where Others Fail, Not From A Greater Share Of Invention, But From Not Being Nice In The Choice Of Expedients.