The nicest constitutions of government are often like the finest pieces of clock-work, which, depending on so many motions, are therefore more subject to be out of order.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Most women have no characters at all.

A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age.

Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.