The Art Of Pleasing Consists In Being

A Nickname Is The Hardest Stone That The Devil Can Throw At A Man.

Humour Is The Describing The Ludicrous As It Is In Itself; Wit Is The Exposing It, By Comparing Or Contrasting It With Something Else. Humour Is, As It Were, The Growth Of Nature And Accident; Wit Is The Product Of Art And Fancy.

The Player Envies Only The Player, The Poet Envies Only The Poet.

He Who Undervalues Himself Is Justly Undervalued By Others.

There Is No Flattery So Adroit Or Effectual As That Of Implicit Assent.