Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

In all Works of This, and of the Dramatic Kind, STORY, or AMUSEMENT, should be considered as little more than the Vehicle to the more necessary INSTRUCTION.

I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general.

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

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.

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

The coyest maids make the fondest wives.