Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.

Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own.

It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.

Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted right, he has done well, though along; if wrong, the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.

Every physician almost hath his favourite disease.

A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.