My father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of five Sons.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.

The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.

If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.

Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitchfork.