Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

friendship is a virtue which comprehends all the rest; none being fit for this, who is not adorned with every other virtue.

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

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

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

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.