The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture.

A presentation copy...is a copy of a book whoch does not sell, sent you by the author, with his foolish autograph at the beginning of it; for which, if a stran…

The mixture spoils two good things, as Charles Lamb (Elia) used to say of brandy and water.

A pun is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.