Self praise is no praise at all.

Reason is so unreasonable, that few people can say they are in possession of it.

All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

So much alarmed that she is quite alarming

Let no man grumble when his friends fall off, As they will do like leaves at the first breeze; When your affairs come round, one way or t'other, Go to the coffee house, and take another.