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It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit read more
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit among lords.
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- read more
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we can all die laughing.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
