Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

Parents cannot expect advice to have the same force upon their children as experience has upon themselves.

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

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?

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.