Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.

It has all been most interesting.

A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard.

We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.