We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back, the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.

No shoots, says Friday, no yet, me shoot now, me no kill; me stay, give you one more laugh.

We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back, the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.

For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

Why then should women be denied the benefits of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God almighty would never have given them capacities.