There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.

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

Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves.

A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.

Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency.