He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.

A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.

Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.