Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence.
It is difficult not to write satire.
No one every suddenly became depraved.
Never does nature say one thing and Wisdom another. Variant: Wisdom and Nature! are they not the same? Variant: Nature and Wisdon always speak alike.