Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
does he take a pen in read more

Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him,
and benumbs all his faculties.

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through conscious thoughts.

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through conscious thoughts.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

Nothing can be created out of nothing.

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood