Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post.

As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.

Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it.

Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.

None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company, as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves.

Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.