It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own.

Peace is never more than one thought away.

Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.

O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.

It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.

I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation

Hell itself must yield to industry.