The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.
Common sense to one person might be something different to another.
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?