“Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”

“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”

“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”

“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.”

“I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.”

“Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.”

“A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.”