Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.

There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.

Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.

T is as cheap sitting as standing.

It is in disputes as in armies, where the weaker side sets up false lights, and makes a great noise, to make the enemy believe them more numerous and strong than they really are.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.