She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has her humor most, when she obeys.

Man, like the generous vine, supported lives; the strength he gains is from the embrace he gives.

Age and want sit smiling at the gate.

The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind.

Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.