All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously.
Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
Our Garrick 's a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!
I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.