We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. >>
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascr >>
To the old, the new is usually bad news. >>
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetratin >>
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature -- t >>
In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and o >>
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.