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

A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.