There is nothing against which an old man should be so much upon his guard as putting himself to nurse.

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women.

Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is nothing with respect either to honour or advantage, for the world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it; with respect to others it is nothing, because it affords no help to ignorance or errour.