Ingratitude never so thoroughly pierces the human breast as when it proceeds from those in whose behalf we have been guilty of transgressions.

It is with jealousy as with the gout. When such distempers are in the blood, there is never any security against their breaking out, and that often on the slightest occasions, and when least suspected.

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.

All nature wears one universal grin.

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

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

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