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

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

I have often reflected within myself on this unaccountable humor in womankind of being smitten with everything that is showy and superficial, and on the numberless evils that befall the sex from this light fantastical disposition.

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

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

The ungrown glories of his beamy hair.