Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do.

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.

A lovely countenance is the fairest of all sights, and the sweetest harmony is the sound of the voice of her whom we love.

There are few wives so perfect as not to give their husbands at least once a day good reason to repent of ever having married, or at least of envying those who are unmarried.

A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book; he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.