A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation he thinks he lies under to the Giver of all, there are ten thousand who are good only from their apprehension of punishment.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.