"One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit."

"There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it."

"To speak and to offend is with some people but one and the same thing."

"Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence."