Sarcasm

“The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.”

“It is public scandal that constitutes offence, and to sin in secret is not to sin at all.”

“Personally of course I regret everything.”

“A watched pot never boils.”

“In wine there is truth.”

“Honesty is the best policy.”

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”

“The diminutive chains of habit are seldom heavy enough to be felt, till they are too strong to be broken.”

“It is better to be feared than loved.”

“A witty saying proves nothing.”

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”

“Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.”

“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.”