The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

A good man will not engage even in a national cause, without examining the justice of it.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

...for my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman.-To be sure she must be an atheist!