A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

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

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.

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

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy