Comparisons Are Odious.

Make It Thy Business To Know Thyself, Which Is The Most Difficult Lesson In The World. Yet From This Lesson Thou Will Learn To Avoid The Frog's Foolish Ambition Of Swelling To Rival The Bigness Of The Ox.

One Who Has Not Only The Four S's, Which Are Required In Every Good Lover, But Even The Whole Alphabet; As For Example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; The X Indeed, Is Too Harsh A Letter To Agree With Him, But He Is Young And Zealous.

I Know Who I Am And Who I May Be, If I Choose.

There Is Also This Benefit In Brag, That The Speaker Is Unconsciously Expressing His Own Ideal. Humor Him By All Means, Draw It All Out, And Hold Him To It.

One Shouldn't Talk Of Halters In The Hanged Man's House.