The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.

The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the most meddled with by other people.

He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.

There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.