Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.

Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.

The coyest maids make the fondest wives.

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.