Who said “Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.”?

“Man loves company — even if it is only that of a small burning candle.”

“You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.”

“A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best advantage.”

“It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.”

“Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.”

“Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!”

“Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.”

“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”

“It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.”

“Minerva House was ''a finishing establishment for young ladies,'' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.”

“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.”