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.

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 are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.

There's one fool at least in every married couple.

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

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

All nature wears one universal grin.