Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

I leave my character behind me.

The throne we honour is the people's choice.

You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading.