The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

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

The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die.

Few people know anything of the English history but what they learn from Shakespear; for our story is rather a tissue of personal adventures and catastrophes than a series of political events.

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.

I never invite idiots to my house.