Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings.

Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.

Love is a second life.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment have, in that action, bound themselves to be good-humored, affable, discreet, forgiving, patient, and joyful, with respect to each other's frailties and perfections, to the end of their lives.