Wit Is, In Fact, The Eloquence Of

Though Familiarity May Not Breed Contempt, It Takes Off The Edge Of Admiration.

Whatever Excites The Spirit Of Contradiction Is Capable Of Producing The Last Effects Of Heroism; Which Is Only The Highest Pitch Of Obstinacy, In A Good Or Bad Cause, In Wisdom Or Folly.

The Best Kind Of Conversation Is That Which May Be Called Thinking Aloud.

There Is An Unseemly Exposure Of The Mind, As Well As Of The Body.

First Impressions Are Often The Truest, As We Find (not Unfrequently) To Our Cost When We Have Been Wheedled Out Of Them By Plausible Professions Or Actions. A Man's Look Is The Work Of Years, It Is Stamped On His Countenance By The Events Of His Whole Life, Nay, More, By The Hand Of Nature, And It Is Not To Be Got Rid Of Easily.