That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously. |
The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency |
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed |
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed |
The Right Honorable Gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts |
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed |
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed |
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. |
There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so. |
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick |
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick |
Those that vow the most are the least sincere. |
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief |
When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies. |
Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you |