We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

Liberality lies less in giving liberally than in the timeliness of the gift.

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.