Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.

Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

If a man, notoriously and designedly, insults and affronts you, knock him down; but if he only injures you, your best revenge is to be extremely civil to him in your outward behaviour, though at the same time you counterwork him, and return him the compliment, perhaps with interest.

The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrecoverable.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning.