It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply.

Many a truth is told in jest.

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem.

Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.

Religion supposed Heaven and Hell, the word of God, and sacraments, and twenty other circumstances which, taken seriously, are a wonderful check to wit and humour.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.