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 little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

Platonic love is platonic nonsense.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Over-niceness may be under-niceness.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.