For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

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We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel...

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel...

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on...

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on...

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may...

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may...

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I...

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I...

VIf venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the...

VIf venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the...

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides,...

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides,...

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

We must take our friends as they are.

We must take our friends as they are.

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves...

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves...

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf...

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf...

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on...

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on...

The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or punch.

The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or punch.

Individual character involves honoring and embracing certain core ethical values; honesty, respect, responsibility . ....

Individual character involves honoring and embracing certain core ethical values; honesty, respect, responsibility . ....

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

May the leprechauns be near you, to spread luck along your way. And may all...

May the leprechauns be near you, to spread luck along your way. And may all...