The Excellence Of Aphorisms Consists Not So

The Difference Between Coarse And Refined Abuse Is The Difference Between Being Bruised By A Club And Wounded By A Poisoned Arrow.

Sir, You Have But Two Topics, Yourself And Me. I Am Sick Of Both.

Being In A Ship Is Being In A Jail, With The Chance Of Being Drowned.

Almost Every Man Wastes Part Of His Life Attempting To Display Qualities Which He Does Not Possess.

A Minute Analysis Of Life At Once Destroys That Splendor Which Dazzles The Imagination. Whatsoever Grandeur Can Display, Or Luxury Enjoy, Is Procured By Offices Of Which The Mind Shrinks From The Contemplation. All The Delicacies Of The Table May Be Traced Back To The Shambles And The Dunghill; All Magnificence Of Building Was Hewn From The Quarry, And All The Pomp Of Ornament Dug From Among The Damps And Darkness Of The Mine.