We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.

We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.

No man is in love when he marries. He may have loved before; I have even heard he has sometimes loved after: but at the time never. There is something in the formalities of the matrimonial preparations that drive away all the little cupidons.

falsehood is not more unjustifiable than unsafe.

Money is the source of the greatest vice, and that nation which is most rich, is most wicked.