An Orator Can Hardly Get Beyond Commonplaces:

We Are Thankful For Good-will Rather Than For Services, For The Motive Than The Quantum Of Favor Received.

Silence Is One Great Art Of Conversation. He Is Not A Fool Who Knows When To Hold His Tongue; And A Person May Gain Credit For Sense, Eloquence, Wit, Who Merely Says Nothing To Lessen The Opinion Which Others Have Of These Qualities In Themselves.

Dandyism Is A Variety Of Genius.

A Felon Could Plead "benefit Of Clergy" And Be Saved By [reading Aloud] What Was Aptly Enough Termed The "neck Verse", Which Was Very Usually The Miserere Mei Of Psalm 51.

Nothing Precludes Sympathy So Much As A Perfect Indifference To It