Who said “What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.”?

“Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.”

“Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.”

“The proverb is something musty.”

“A proverb is the child of experience.”

“A short saying often contains much wisdom.”

“Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.”

“Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.”

“And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.”

“Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.”

“Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.”

“He who begins by loving Christianity better than truth, will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.”