Wine And Youth Are Fire Upon Fire.

The Raillery Which Is Consistent With Good-breeding Is A Gentle Animadversion Of Some Foible, Which, While It Raises The Laugh In The Rest Of The Company, Doth Not Put The Person Rallied Out Of Countenance, Or Expose Him To Shame Or Contempt. On The Contrary, The Jest Should Be So Delicate That The Object Of It Should Be Capable Of Joining In The Mirth It Occasions.

What Caricature Is In Painting, Burlesque Is In Writing; And In The Same Manner The Comic Writer And Painter Correlate To Each Other; As In The Former, The Painter Seems To Have The Advantage, So It Is In The Latter Infinitely On The Side Of The Writer. For The Monstrous Is Much Easier To Paint Than Describe, And The Ridiculous To Describe Than Paint.

His Designs Were Strictly Honourable, As The Phrase Is; That Is, To Rob A Lady Of Her Fortune By Way Of Marriage.

A Wonder Lasts But Nine Days, And Then The Puppy's Eyes Are Open.

Great Joy, Especially After A Sudden Change Of Circumstances, Is Apt To Be Silent, And Dwells Rather In The Heart Than On The Tongue.