Silks, velvets, calicoes, and the whole lexicon of female fopperies.

In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.

A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith.

An atheist has got one point beyond the devil.

What we call the Irish Brogue is no sooner discovered, than it makes the deliverer, in the last degree, ridiculous and despised; and, from such a mouth, an Englishman expects nothing but bulls, blunders, and follies.

It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.

Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails.