Encourage innocent amusement.

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

Supposing all the great points of atheism were formed into a kind of creed, I would fain ask whether it would not require an infinite greater measure of faith than any set of articles which they so violently oppose.

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.

The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration.

The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.