Genuine Bon Mots Surprise Those From Whose

What Can You Possibly Add To A Mind That's Full, Especially One That's Full Of Itself.

Only Just The Right Quantum Of Wit Should Be Put Into A Book; In Conversation A Little Excess Is Allowable.

I Would Fain Coin Wisdom,—mould It, I Mean, Into Maxims, Proverbs, Sentences, That Can Easily Be Retained And Transmitted. Would That I Could Denounce And Banish From The Language Of Men—as Base Money—the Words By Which They Cheat And Are Cheated!

The True Character Of Epistolary Style Is Playfulness And Urbanity.

There Is Always Some Frivolity In Excellent Minds; They Have Wings To Rise, But Also Stray.