Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.
Hang Irish harpers wherever found.
I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.
I have never been able to be so allured by the prospect of advantages or so terrified by misfortunes, swayed by honours or fettered by affection, nay not even so smitten by the fear of death, as to enter upon marriage.
Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
I pluck up the good lissome herbs of sentences by pruning, eat them by reading, digest them by musing, and lay them up at length in the high seat of memory.