Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads.

I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.

There are some occasions in which a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest: but there is seldom one in which a man should tell it all.

I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.

Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho violate it, may be cunning, but they are not able. Lies and perfidy are the refuge of fools and cowards.

The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so useful in men's company, can only be acquired in women's.

When you have found out the prevailing passion of any man, remember never to trust him where that passion is concerned.