No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!

The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.

Some people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness.

For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).

To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, who never mentions hell to ears polite.

The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they say we are proud; if we are angry at it, they say we are ill-natured.

In men, we various ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind Those, only fixed, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.