Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice.

For my part I think the Learned, and Unlearned Blockhead pretty equal; for 'tis all one to me, whether a Man talk Nonsense, or unintelligible Sense, I am diverted and edified alike by either; the one enjoys himself less, but suffers his Friends to do it more; the other enjoys himself and his own Humour enough, but will let no body else do it in his Company.

For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.

Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.