It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle

He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others

Dublin, though a place much worse than London, is not so bad as Iceland.

If I were punished for every pun I shed, there would not be left a puny shed of my punnish head

Suspect all extraneous and groundless civilities.