Anne of Austria (with great submission to a Crowned Head do I say it) was a B----. She had spirit and courage without parts, devotion without common morality, and lewdness without tenderness either to justify or to dignify it. Her two sons were no more Lewis the Thirteen's than they were mine.

Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.

Speak the language of the company you are in; speak it purely, and unlarded with any other.

Those who see and observe kings, heroes, and statesmen, discover that they have headaches, indigestion, humors and passions, just like other people; every one of which in their turns determine their wills in defiance of their reason.

I heartily wish you, in the plain home-spun style, a great number of happy new years, well employed in forming both your mind andyour manners, to be useful and agreeable to yourself, your country, and your friends.

Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.