For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the humblest of husbands can bear; she should mercifully choose between the two.

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others.

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.

I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.

Avoid making yourself the subject of conversation.

As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.

Life is a kind of sleep: old men sleep longest, nor begin to wake but when they are to die.