A departure from the truth was hardly ever known to be a single one.

The coyest maids make the fondest wives.

Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

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.

Tis a barbarous temper, and a sign of a very ill nature, to take delight in shocking any one: and, on the contrary, it is the mark of an amiable and a beneficent temper, to say all the kind things one can, without flattery or playing the hypocrite,--and what never fails of procuring the love and esteem of every one; which, next to doing good to a deserving object who wants it, is one of the greatest pleasures of this life.