That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.

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

The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.

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

Here is the whole set! a character dead at every word.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

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