Tale-bearers Are As Bad As The Tale-makers.

Those That Vow The Most Are The Least Sincere.

Wit Loses Its Point When Dipped In Malice.

Good Reading Makes For Damn Hard Writing.

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.

That Old Man Dies Prematurely Whose Memory Records No Benefits Conferred. They Only Have Lived Long Who Have Lived Virtuously.