Aphorism #37 Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them.

Aphorism #37 Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them.

This is the point of greatest tact in human intercourse. Such sarcasms are often thrown out to test men's moods, and by their means one often obtains the most subtle and penetrating touchstone of the heart. Other sarcasms are malicious, insolent, poisoned by envy or envenomed by passion, unexpected flashes which destroy at once all

Aphorism #37 Keep a Store of Sarcasms, and know how to use them.