To look original is not worth while,
But be in mind a little out of style.
A conqueror arose from the dead. "Yesterday," he said, "I ruled half the
world." "Please show me the half that you ruled," said an angel,
pointing out a wisp of glowing vapor floating in space. "That is the
world."
"Who art thou, shivering in thy furs?" "My name is Avarice. What is
thine?" "Unselfishness." "Where is thy clothing, placid one?" "Thou art
wearing it."
To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To
laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.
If you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much
greater than they.
To have something that he will not desire, nor know that he has--such is
the hope of him who seeks the admiration of posterity. The character of
his work does not matter; he is a humorist.
Women, and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.
To fatten pigs, confine and feed them; to fatten rogues, cultivate a
generous disposition.
Every heart is the lair of a ferocious animal.
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