~ Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar. ~
~ The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foundations of civilization. ~
~ Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves. ~
~ We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us. ~
~ Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. ~
~ Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. ~
~ If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business. ~
~ Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence. His name, like a shuttlecock, must be beat backward and forward, or it falls to the ground. ~
~ It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused. ~
~ It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. ~
~ Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. ~