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.

If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels.

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

If you were not reasoned into your beliefs, you cannot be reasoned out of them.

Don't set your wit against a child.

Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.

I am convinced that if the virtuosi could once find out a world in the moon, with a passage to it, our women would wear nothing but what directly came from thence.