Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.

Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of him.

A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light, and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful sex all over charms.

A cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured.

The lives of great men cannot be writ with any tolerable degree of elegance or exactness within a short time after their decease.

Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them.

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.