O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.

A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.

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

Women govern us; let us render them perfect: the more they are enlightened, so much the more shall we be. On the cultivation of the mind of women depends the wisdom of men. It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men.

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.

Date not the life which thou hast run by the mean of reckoning of the hours and days, which though hast breathed: a life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line, - by deeds, not years.