I Was Struck All On A Heap.

The Newspapers! Sir, They Are The Most Villainous - Licentious -abominable - Infernal - Not That I Ever Read Them - No - I Make It A Rule Never To Look Into A Newspaper.

Be Just Before You Are Generous.

A Tale Of Scandal Is As Fatal To The Credit Of A Prudent Lady As A Fever Is Generally To Those Of The Strongest Constitutions. But There Is A Sort Of Puny, Sickly Reputation, That Is Always Ailing, Yet Will Wither The Robuster Characters Of A Hundred Prudes.

A Man May Think An Untruth As Well As Speak One.

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.