I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
Necessity, the mother of invention.
Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.
Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant.
'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.
It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another.