Never Injure A Friend, Even In Jest.

Virtue Is Its Own Reward.

When You Have No Basis For An Argument, Abuse The Plaintiff.

It Is Easy To Distinguish Between The Joking That Reflects Good Breeding And That Which Is Coarse-the One, If Aired At An Apposite Moment Of Mental Relaxation, Is Becoming In The Most Serious Of Men, Whereas The Other Is Unworthy Of Any Free Person, If The Content Is Indecent Or The Expression Obscene.

It Is A Great Thing To Know Your Vices.

If I Had More Time, I Would Have Written A Shorter Letter.