Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other har — Quotations

"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit…"

"All which he understood by rote, And, as occasion servd, would quote."

"It is a sure sign of troubled minds, the habit of quotation."

"At all events, the next best thing to being witty ones self, is to be able to quote anothers wit."

"At all times pseudoprofound aphorisms have been more popular than rigorous arguments."

"People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations."