I had rather follow you to your grave than see you owe your life to any but a regular-bred physician.

There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation.

A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.

Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling "Peregrine Pickle" under the toilette -throw "Roderick Random" into the closet -put "The Innocent Adultery" into "The Whole Duty of Man"; thrust "Lord Aimworth" under the sofa! cram "Ovid" behind the bolster; there -put "The Man of Feeling" into your pocket. Now for them.

If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.