The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

Blessings on him, who invented sleep.

As ill-luck would have it.

Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.