Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

When you are at Rome, do as you see.

The eyes those silent tongues of love.

There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.

Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.

I am almost frightened out of my seven senses.