Differences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger.

It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.

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.

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her first husband was

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.