Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.

Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd? No; the dead know it not, nor profit gain; It only serves to prove the living vain.

Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain? He barr'd from every use of wealth, Envies the ploughman's strength and health.

What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content.

Can love be controll'd by advice?

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.