Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outlived the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets, So he that tastes woman, woman, woman, He that tastes woman, ruin meets.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together, if ever we had been married? Baggage!

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

Look round, the wrecks of play behold; Estates dismember'd, mortgaged, sold! Their owners now to jails confin'd, Show equal poverty of mind.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

Breathe soft, ye winds! ye waves, in silence sleep!