It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity; sometimes of generosity; nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue.

Affectation proceeds from one of these two causes,--vanity or hypocrisy; for as vanity puts us on affecting false characters, in order to purchase applause; so hypocrisy sets us on an endeavor to avoid censure, by concealing our vices under an appearance of their opposite virtues.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

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.