Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.

Daphne knows, with equal ease, How to vex and how to please; But the folly of her sex Makes her sole delight to vex.

Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.

A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?

I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

Pride, ill nature, and want of sense, are the three great sources of ill manners.