Laughing is peculiar to man, but all men do not laugh for the same reason. There is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words, from the flash of wit, from the spirited and brilliant sally. There is the low joke which arises from scurrility and idle conceit.
Goldoni.
164.
The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.
Cervantes.
165.
Petty ambition would seem to be a mean craving after distinction.
Theophrastus.
166.
It is an old observation that wise men grow usually wiser as they grow older, and fools more foolish.