Tis best to build no castles in the air.

In England, I was quite struck to see how forward the girls are made--a child of 10 years old, will chat and keep you company, while her parents are busy or out etc.--with the ease of a woman of 26. But then, how does this education go on?--Not at all: it absolutely stops short.

We relate all our afflictions more frequently than we do our pleasures.

falsehood is not more unjustifiable than unsafe.

the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.

... there's nothing but quarreling with the women; it's my belief they like it better than victuals and drink.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.