There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

See in what peace a Christian can die.

I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

Life is not long enough for a coquette to play all her tricks in.

As Vivacity is the Gift of Women, Gravity is that of Men.

The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.