Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.

It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilised society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.

It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty.

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply.

Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . .