She 's no chicken; she 's on the wrong side of thirty, if she be a day.

Conscience signifies that knowledge which a man hath of his own thoughts and actions; and because, if a man judgeth fairly of his actions by comparing them with the law of God, his mind will approve or condemn him; this knowledge or conscience may be both an accuser and a judge.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

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

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.