Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.

There is probably no country so barbarous that would not disclose all it knew, if it received equivalent information; and I am apt to think that a person who was ready to give more knowledge than he received would be welcome wherever he came.

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.