Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.

I am free in performing an action if I could have done otherwise if I had chosen to.

But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.

Honesty needs no pains to set itself off.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

If I am asked 'what is good?' my answer is that good is good, and that is the end of the matter.

Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend, But instantly your forehead louers, As if her merit lessen'd yours?