By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above five-and-twenty.

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live to be as well prepared for it, as I confidently believe her to have been! If the way to Heaven be through piety, truth, justice and charity, she is there.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.

A chuck under the chin is worth two kisses.

The first springs of great events, like those of great rivers, are often mean and little.

It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.

Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.