Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.

The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions.

Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.