There is nothing a Man of good Sense dreads so much in a Wife, as her having more Sense than himself.

The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.

Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in discharging their duty to us; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others too often are apt to build upon it.

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

Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.

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

There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.