The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented.

A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

The first race of mankind used to dispute, as our ordinary people do now-a-days, in a kind of wild logic, uncultivated by rule of art.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

The ungrown glories of his beamy hair.