These are called the pious frauds of friendship.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.

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

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