A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

Since our persons are not of our own making, when they are such as appear defective or uncomely, it is, methinks, an honest and laudable fortitude to dare to be ugly.

Whether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.