Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things may happen to make the state but barely tolerable, when it is entered into with mutual affection.

The coyest maids make the fondest wives.

Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off.

All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes and keep fellows at a distance.

We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.

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

Men are less forgiving than women.