The life of a good man was a continual warfare with his passions.

If women would make themselves appear as elegant to an Husband, as they were desirous to appear to him while a Lover, the Rake, which all women love, would last longer in the Husband than it generally does.

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

What pleasure can those over-happy persons know, who, from their affluence and luxury, always eat before they are hungry and drink before they are thirsty?

An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination and a polish to the mind.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.