Whilst I yet live, let me not live in vain.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter

There is nobody so weak of invention that cannot make some little stories to villify his enemy.

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant; a marriage of interest, easy; and a marriage where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life.

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.

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