I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.

Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of.

It is very unreasonable of people to expect one should be at home, because one is in the house. Of all privileges, that of invisibility is the most valuable.

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.

Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you.