Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon it, as if it were a real defect; to be elated or vain upon it is showing your money before people in want.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.

A weak invention of the Enemy.

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.

Possession is eleven points in the law.