I didn't even breathe.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
I'd learned my lesson.